23andMe agrees to $30M settlement over data breach that targeted Jewish and Chinese users
The data was first stolen by a hacker nicknamed “Golem,” after the Jewish mythical defender made of clay
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News Jews are genetically prone to stomach problems. Scientists are starting to understand why
Researchers found eight genetic variations unique to Ashkenazi Jews that lead to diseases like Crohn’s and colitis
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Fast Forward New hope for Gaucher disease as experimental treatment begins trials
The genetic disease predominantly affects Ashkenazi Jews
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Fast Forward It’s Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week. Experts want you to get tested
Jews are at increased risk for several diseases. Here's how to get screened for them
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Culture Finding out I wasn’t genetically related to my father brought me closer to him
How a surprising discovery on 23andMe led to an even more surprising realization
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Opinion My wife gave me a DNA test kit for Hanukkah. The family secrets it revealed changed my life
It should have been a relaxing summer lunch with my maternal first cousins and their spouses, but instead, my mind was racing. I needed to ask a question that had been on my mind for months and I could not wait any longer. Pushing aside my plate, I spoke. “I took an Ancestry DNA test…
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Culture The gay, Jewish scientist the Nazis left alone
The scientist Otto Warburg played a pivotal role in unlocking a central mystery of cancer. But how he was allowed to advance our understanding of the disease is a mystery unto itself. At the time of Hitler’s ascent, when his colleagues fled en masse or were stripped of their positions, Warburg, a gay man from…
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Helene Karlin knew something wasn’t right. It was the early ‘90s, and at 7 weeks old, her third daughter, Lindsay, wasn’t developing the same as her older two daughters. Getting a diagnosis was frustrating; one doctor determined she was blind, another said she was deaf. It wasn’t until Lindsay was 6 months old when the…
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