The Andhra Pradesh government plans to use blockchain to collect DNA data of 50 million citizens

The move will help improve predictive medicine in the country, the N Chandrababu Naidu-led government said.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Apr 10, 2018 · 01:30 pm

In a world first, Singapore’s highest court rules that parents deserve kids with their genes

The court found that parents have a strong interest in a 'genetic affinity' with their children, one that can merit compensation if subverted.

G. Owen Schaefer, The Conversation

· Apr 04, 2017 · 11:30 pm

A research team solved the 1,000-year-old mystery of the Druze people’s origin – with a genetic GPS

Illuminating the origins of one of the oldest peoples in the Middle East.

Eran Elhaik, The Conversation

· Nov 17, 2016 · 11:30 pm

Do you want to stay young forever? This video explains how this could happen

You may need to become a vampire, however.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 05, 2016 · 02:00 pm

Why isn’t there a gene for depression?

It is an illness that runs in families – but there are other factors which go beyond inheritance.

Sarah Bailey, The Conversation

· Sep 16, 2016 · 11:30 pm

Why we still don't have personalised medicine, 15 years after sequencing the human genome

'Junk' DNA threw a spanner in the works.

Bryony Graham, The Conversation

· Dec 05, 2015 · 03:30 pm