“Father of the Year” Fakes DNA Test to Avoid Paying $125,000 in Child Support
A UK woman managed to prove that the father of her child had colluded with a DNA test lab employee to fake his paternity test and avoid paying over $125,000 in child support. That her partner broke up with her just three days after giving birth to their son, in 2022, was bad enough, but […]
Man’s DNA Replaced by That of Donor Following Bone Marrow Transplant
Just three months after undergoing a bone marrow transplant to treat his acute myeloid leukemia, a Nevada man was shocked to learn that his DNA had been replaced by that of his donor. For years ago, Chris Long, who happens to be working at the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department in Nevada, was suffering from acute […]
High-School Student Injects Himself with DNA Pattern Made from Bible and Koran Verses
Adrien Locatelli, a young bio-hacker from the French city of Grenoble, has been called an “idiot” for undergoing a bizarre DIY experiment in which he injected himself with a DNA pattern made from translated passages from the Bible and the Koran. Locatelli, who is believed to still be in high-school, started off by selecting passages […]
Man Comes Home Two Months After DNA Test Showed That He Was Dead
Aigali Supugaliev, a 63-year-old man from Kazakhstan, almost gave his relatives a heart attack when he returned home two months after they had buried his body. And while stories of people showing up after being presumed dead by their families have made news headlines before, Aigali’s one is particularly bizarre because his death had been […]
Would You Pay $30,000 to Have a Beer Tailored to Your DNA?
A London-based brewery has recently launched a unique service that uses cutting edge genetic profiling to create “the world’s most personalised beer”, based on the client’s DNA profile. And it “only” costs £25,000 ($30,550). Ciaran Giblin, the brewmaster of Meantime Brewery, was the world’s first brewer to have a beer tailored to his own DNA, and was so […]