Navigenics, 23andMe slammed in government report

Genetic-testing companies criticized for offering 'misleading' information to consumers.

DTC Genetics Services Hit Hard on the Hill as FDA Mulls Options

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) Three consumer genomics companies caught flak on Capitol Hill yesterday from lawmakers and government witnesses at a hearing focused on direct-to-consumer genetic tests and the way they are sold and marketed and they heard about very germ-phase plans the US Food and Drug Administration may be developing to find ways to regulate them.

DNA testing

We've repeatedly argued against North Carolina collecting DNA samples from anyone except those convicted of felonies. But now the legislature has mandated the testing of those arrested for serious crimes, before they're convicted, a measure that means the already overworked State Bureau of Investigation lab will be handling about 30,000 more samples each year. Law-enforcement officials must ...

Huge new suit against Pfizer may emerge in Nigeria

An African website is reporting that Pfizer Inc. faces a $384 billion lawsuit filed on behalf of Nigerian victims of a drug experiment reportedly planned in New London.The amount of damages sought is

Ex-Romanian dictator Ceausescu and wife exhumed

Taking the country by surprise, forensic scientists on Wednesday exhumed what are believed to be the bodies of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena at the request of their children. Romania - Nicolae Ceauescu - History - Ceaucescu Nicolae - Ceausescu