Genetic testing company 23andMe (NASDAQ:ME) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Missouri federal court, marking a dramatic fall for a company once valued at nearly US$6 billion.

23andMe, a popular direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, made headlines after its CEO pledged to help reunite the more than 2,300 children separated from their parents at the U.S.’s southern ...

Genetic testing company 23andMe laid off 100 employees on Jan. 23 due to decreasing sales of its direct-to-consumer DNA test kits, CNBC reports. The layoffs, which affect about 14 percent of the ...

Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA shared by millions of people with the company via saliva test kits.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will acquire 23andMe's assets for $256 million, both companies said. 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year. The DNA testing company has faced major ...

When we first wrote this article, it compared 23andMe and Ancestry. Since then, 23andMe has experienced a data breach, a subsequent lawsuit, board members' resignations and layoffs amidst financial ...

Bankrupt genetic-testing firm 23andMe agreed to sell its data bank, which once contained DNA samples from about 15 million people, to the drug developer Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for $256 million. The ...

Experts caution those using these services to be careful, as you may not always get what you want from biological relatives.

'I'm tired of being the product' You're worth a fortune. I was sorry that 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, but there would be a blizzard in Death Valley before I would ...