Read more genetic testing stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1529/genetic-testing.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:38:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70911/want-to-save-dad-insurance-wont-let-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSo dear old dad desperately needs a kidney, and the docs say you're the best fit. Tough luck, writes Nicholas Kristof in a look at the case of David Waddington, whose two sons can't donate—because pre-donation screening might reveal to insurance companies that they have the same genetic condition...http://www.newser.com/story/70911/want-to-save-dad-insurance-wont-let-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Oct 2009 11:25:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70611/genius-madness-linked-to-gene.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe reason why many creative people like Vincent Van Gogh show self-destructive tendencies is in the genes, researchers have discovered. Scientists in a new study found that volunteers identified as the most creative also had the highest levels of a gene variant associated with psychosis and depression, the Daily Telegraph...http://www.newser.com/story/70611/genius-madness-linked-to-gene.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 3:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68299/paris-keeps-cut-hair-to-dodge-dna-testing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hair snipped from Paris Jackson's head last week won't be falling into the hands of the genetic paparazzi. The Las Vegas salon that cut the 11-year-old's hair carefully swept up, bagged, and handed over every last strand, apparently to stop potential thieves from running a DNA test on the...http://www.newser.com/story/68299/paris-keeps-cut-hair-to-dodge-dna-testing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 8:47:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67433/is-she-a-man-is-phelps-a-fish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's wrong to be subjecting South African sprinter Caster Semenya to "a public slaying," writes Antonia Senior, who says that debating her gender has no more credibility than asking if "Michael Phelps is really a fish." For the Times of London columnist, sports are now "increasingly the showground of the...http://www.newser.com/story/67433/is-she-a-man-is-phelps-a-fish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 8:55:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64975/ethicists-call-foul-on-baseballs-dna-testing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMajor League Baseball's DNA testing of Latin American rookies has bioethics experts worried, the New York Times reports. League officials say the genetic tests are necessary after a string of cases in which prospects lied about their age or identity, but experts fear the tests may be used to weed...http://www.newser.com/story/64975/ethicists-call-foul-on-baseballs-dna-testing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 5:55:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57830/dna-tests-solve-mans-26-year-search-for-his-dad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Michigan man's decades-long search for his biological father was fulfilled with an assist from DNA-based genealogy tests, the Wall Street Journal reports. Richard Hill—who didn't know he was adopted until his adoptive father revealed the truth from his deathbed—discovered his birth mother's identity fairly easily but hit...http://www.newser.com/story/57830/dna-tests-solve-mans-26-year-search-for-his-dad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 May 2009 10:17:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51613/safer-down-syndrome-tests-give-birth-to-ethics-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew tests to detect Down syndrome early in pregnancy look highly promising to some experts—but they’re prompting new ethical and medical questions, the Washington Post reports. The procedures, to be publicly available in June, appear safer and more accurate than current options. But Down syndrome and anti-abortion activists fear...http://www.newser.com/story/51613/safer-down-syndrome-tests-give-birth-to-ethics-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Feb 2009 11:23:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49113/screening-technique-improves-in-vitro-odds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered a way to greatly increase the chance of success for in vitro fertilizations, Time reports. Under current procedures, fresh eggs yield only a 25% success rate, necessitating multiple—and expensive—attempts. Many eggs hold chromosomal defects that make them incapable of conception, but it has, until now,...http://www.newser.com/story/49113/screening-technique-improves-in-vitro-odds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 17:36:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48262/whos-your-daddy-dna-tests-may-shock-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA simple DNA test is enough to rend a family apart, the Los Angeles Times reports. As more people take genetic tests to uncover medical data or trace family roots, more are discovering that their biological father is someone else. It's an old issue in medicine—blood types, after all,...http://www.newser.com/story/48262/whos-your-daddy-dna-tests-may-shock-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Jan 2009 16:34:00 CST