Genetic Testing Articles

Mystery of how Napoleon's hair turned up in Sydney

THIRTY-ODD little strands of hair, one big mystery.

Insurance industry rejects call to stop using DNA

THE insurance industry has rejected a call to stop using prospective customers' genetic profiles to raise insurance premiums or deny cover.

Insurers to keep genetic profiling

THE insurance industry has rejected a call to stop using prospective customers' genetic profiles to raise insurance premiums or deny cover.

It's time for us to embrace our inner African

IT IS not a forest but one lone family tree that links current-day Melburnians to nomadic Africans living on the continent's east coast 60,000 years ago.

Heart disease registry to help prevent a nasty shock

TWO years ago Tammy Negrello's sports-mad son had a few chest pains and went in for a check-up.