ancestry

23andMe Is Under Fire. Its Founder Remains ‘Optimistic’

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23andMe Is Under Fire. Its Founder Remains ‘Optimistic’

You had an exclusive partnership with GlaxoSmithKline for five years, from 2018 to 2023. How successful was that? It was overwhelmingly productive. Fifty drug targets came out of it, far more than we expected. They upped it again for one more year, the sixth year, though it’s non-exclusive now. We now have the ability to … Read more

‘I Have Never Lied’: Buffy Sainte-Marie Pushes Back On Probe Into Indigenous Ancestry

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‘I Have Never Lied’: Buffy Sainte-Marie Pushes Back On Probe Into Indigenous Ancestry

Singer and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie has again addressed allegations that she falsely claimed to be Indigenous, saying in a Thursday statement that “I have never lied about my identity.” An October investigation by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. had uncovered extensive evidence suggesting that Sainte-Marie, who has long claimed she was born in Canada’s Piapot First … Read more