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ny111223202808 Nkem Azinge, a government project manager, in Abuja, Nigeria, on Dec. 5, 2023, who has been saving money to pay for a bone-marrow transplant in India. There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver. (Taiwo Aina/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny081223172806 Nkem Azinge, a government project manager, in Abuja, Nigeria, on Dec. 5, 2023, who has been saving money to pay for a bone-marrow transplant in India. There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver. (Taiwo Aina/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny111223202706 Nkem Azinge, a government project manager, during a checkup at National Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, on Dec. 5, 2023. There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver. (Taiwo Aina/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny081223172607 Nkem Azinge, a government project manager, during a checkup at National Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, on Dec. 5, 2023. There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver. (Taiwo Aina/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny111223202406 Dr. Obiageli Nnodu, director of the Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Disease Research and Training at the University of Abuja in Abuja, Nigeria, on Dec. 4, 2023. There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver. (Taiwo Aina/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny111223202806 Ramadhani Gwoto, with his mother, Shani Mgaraganza, takes steps while under observation following a bone marrow transfusion in Gurugram, India, on Dec. 1, 2023. There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny081223172706 Ramadhani Gwoto, with his mother, Shani Mgaraganza, takes steps while under observation following a bone marrow transfusion in Gurugram, India, on Dec. 1, 2023. There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny111223202306 Nasra Gwoto, and her brother, Ramadhani, who traveled with their mother from Tanzania to India to get a bone-marrow transplant for sickle cell disease, rest in a hospital in Gurugram, India, on Dec. 1, 2023. There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny081223172906 Nasra Gwoto, and her brother, Ramadhani, who traveled with their mother from Tanzania to India to get a bone-marrow transplant for sickle cell disease, rest in a hospital in Gurugram, India, on Dec. 1, 2023. There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023142306 Children jump from an abandoned boat in a bay on the coast of S?o Tom?, in the island nation of S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, off the coast of Africa, on July 14, 2023. A team of scientists doing research on the island think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023142107 Taxis at dusk in S?o Tom?, capital of the island nation of S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 13, 2023. A team of scientists doing research on the island of Principe, which is off the coast of Africa, think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease. But governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023143306 Bare legs and a light are used to attract mosquitoes, which first-time collector Gecinildo Dilo, left, collects with an aspirator, on the island of Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 12, 2023. A team of scientists doing research on the island think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023144506 Fishing boats and an oceanside storage dock in Santo Antonio, capital of the island of Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 12, 2023. A team of scientists doing research on the island think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023143106 A boy climbs to collect coconuts on the island of Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 12, 2023. A team of scientists doing research on the island off the coast of Africa think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023144907 Hooks with leader lines are prepared for fishing on the island of Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 12, 2023. A team of scientists doing research on the island think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023143707 Team members with cages of mosquitoes to be released at sunset in Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 11, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023142506 A female Anopheles mosquito, marked with fluorescent powder, under a microscope in a field laboratory on the island of Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 11, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny231023065407 -- STANDALONE PHOTO FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH YEAREND REVIEWS -- Mosquitoes that were marked with fluorescent powder glow green while being examined with a microscope at a field laboratory in Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 11, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023144306 Mosquitoes that were marked with fluorescent powder glow green while being examined with a microscope at a field laboratory in Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 11, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023141906 Ivan Mugeni Mulongo, an insect technician with the University of California Malaria Initiative team, uses an aspirator to sample mosquitoes on the island of Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 11, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023144707 Scientist Anton Cornel marks mosquitoes with a fluorescent powder to aid in tracking them ahead of their release at sunset in Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 11, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023142906 Team leader Gregory Lanzaro, a molecular geneticist at the University of California, Davis, and others with cages for mosquitoes used in their research, on the island of Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 11, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023143906 Ivan Mugeni Mulongo, an insect technician for the University of California Malaria Initiative, brings the mosquito cage outside to be marked with fluorescent powder before the release at sunset in Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 11, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023143506 Scientist Anton Cornel looks for mosquito larvae in a shallow puddle on the island of Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 11, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023144106 Lush plant life and mountains on the island of Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 11, 2023. A team of scientists doing research on the island off the coast of Africa think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023145206 Scientist Anton Cornel, left, explains the steps for capturing mosquitoes to a volunteer collector on the island of Pr?ncipe, S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, July 11, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023142707 Technician Janete Marbel places water dishes for egg collection in cages of mosquitoes at the University of S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, in the island nation of the same name off the coast of Africa, July 10, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny021023145106 Technician Janete Marbel uses her phoneÕs light to inspect dead mosquitoes in a lab at the University of S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe, in the island nation of the same name off the coast of Africa, July 10, 2023. A team of scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from spreading the disease, but governments are wary. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny090423171106 A cotton sample at Applied DNA Sciences that is being tested to determine its origins, at the Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook, N.Y. on March 10, 2023. Amid growing concern about opacity and abuses in global supply chains, companies and government officials are increasingly turning to technologies like DNA tracking, artificial intelligence and blockchains to try to trace raw materials from the source to the store. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny070423102207 A cotton sample at Applied DNA Sciences that is being tested to determine its origins, at the Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook, N.Y. on March 10, 2023. Amid growing concern about opacity and abuses in global supply chains, companies and government officials are increasingly turning to technologies like DNA tracking, artificial intelligence and blockchains to try to trace raw materials from the source to the store. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny090423170806 Cotton samples being tested at Applied DNA Sciences to determine their origins, at the Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook, N.Y. on March 10, 2023. Companies in the United States are now subject to new rules that require firms to prove their goods are made without forced labor, or face having them seized at the border. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny070423101807 Cotton samples being tested at Applied DNA Sciences to determine their origins, at the Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook, N.Y. on March 10, 2023. Companies in the United States are now subject to new rules that require firms to prove their goods are made without forced labor, or face having them seized at the border. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny090423170406 Cotton samples being tested at Applied DNA Sciences to determine their origins, at the Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook, N.Y. on March 10, 2023. More than ever before, companies must be able to explain where their products really come from. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny070423101107 Cotton samples being tested at Applied DNA Sciences to determine their origins, at the Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook, N.Y. on March 10, 2023. More than ever before, companies must be able to explain where their products really come from. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny090423170606 A technician at Applied DNA Sciences testing samples to trace the raw materials, at the Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook, N.Y. on March 10, 2023. Amid growing concern about opacity and abuses in global supply chains, companies and government officials are increasingly turning to technologies like DNA tracking, artificial intelligence and blockchains to try to trace raw materials from the source to the store. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny070423101307 A technician at Applied DNA Sciences testing samples to trace the raw materials, at the Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook, N.Y. on March 10, 2023. Amid growing concern about opacity and abuses in global supply chains, companies and government officials are increasingly turning to technologies like DNA tracking, artificial intelligence and blockchains to try to trace raw materials from the source to the store. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny090423170205 Cotton being tested at Applied DNA Sciences to determine its origins, at the Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook, N.Y. on March 10, 2023. Amid growing concern about opacity and abuses in global supply chains, companies and government officials are increasingly turning to technologies like DNA tracking, artificial intelligence and blockchains to try to trace raw materials from the source to the store. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny070423100907 Cotton being tested at Applied DNA Sciences to determine its origins, at the Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook, N.Y. on March 10, 2023. Amid growing concern about opacity and abuses in global supply chains, companies and government officials are increasingly turning to technologies like DNA tracking, artificial intelligence and blockchains to try to trace raw materials from the source to the store. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130323195405 Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ Florence Leblanc, one of the owners of the DonkeyÕs Apiary, is nuzzled by one of the farmÕs residents, in Toulouse, France, March 3, 2023. In a new study, genetics and archaeology combine to reveal the ancient origins of humanityÕs first beast of burden. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130323193905 Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ A donkey named Pantin at a farm known as the DonkeyÕs Apiary, in Toulouse, France, March 3, 2023. In a new study, genetics and archaeology combine to reveal the ancient origins of humanityÕs first beast of burden. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130323194805 Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ Residents of the DonkeyÕs Apiary, in Toulouse, France, March 3, 2023. In a new study, genetics and archaeology combine to reveal the ancient origins of humanityÕs first beast of burden. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130323195805 Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ Ludovic Orlando, director of the Center for Anthropobiology and Genomics of Toulouse, in France, March 2, 2023. Orlando and researchers from 37 laboratories around the world analyzed the genomes of 207 modern donkeys, living in 31 countries, and also sequenced DNA from the skeletons of 31 early donkeys that date as far back as 4,500 years. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130323195606 Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ A researcher on the team Dr. Ludovic Orlando, director of the Center for Anthropobiology and Genomics, works with DNA samples at the Universit? Paul Sabatier, in Toulouse, France, March 2, 2023. In a new study, genetics and archaeology combine to reveal the ancient origins of humanityÕs first beast of burden. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130323195006 Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ Ludovic Orlando, director of the Center for Anthropobiology and Genomics of Toulouse, in a lab where his team works with DNA samples at the Universit? Paul Sabatier, in Toulouse, France, March 2, 2023. Orlando and researchers from 37 laboratories around the world analyzed the genomes of 207 modern donkeys, living in 31 countries, and also sequenced DNA from the skeletons of 31 early donkeys that date as far back as 4,500 years. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130323194606 Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ A donkey jaw at the Museum of Toulouse in France, March 2, 2023. In a new study, genetics and archaeology combine to reveal the ancient origins of humanityÕs first beast of burden. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130323194406 Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ A human and horse skeleton at the Museum of Toulouse in France, March 2, 2023. Local scientist Ludovic Orlando, who has spent years mapping the domestication history of horses, is one of the authors of a major new genetic study that he hopes will jump-start research on the humble donkey and restore some of its dignity. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny120822132006 Wilbert Gibson in Brooklyn on Aug. 11, 2022. Gibson is a Mount Sinai Health System patient who agreed to let the hospital use his genetic information in research for treatment of a variety of diseases. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250322215804 ? PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022 ? David Mittelman, chief executive of Othram, with his wife Kristen Mittelman, Othram?s chief development officer in their genetics lab in The Woodlands, Texas, on March 24, 2022. True crime fans are donating millions of dollars to help solve cold cases. (Michael Stravato/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250322202905 ? PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022 ? David Mittelman, chief executive of Othram, with his wife Kristen Mittelman, Othram?s chief development officer in their genetics lab in The Woodlands, Texas, on March 24, 2022. True crime fans are donating millions of dollars to help solve cold cases. (Michael Stravato/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250322215205 ? PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022 ? A forensic scientist prepares a sample prior to forensic grade genome sequencing at Othram?s lab in The Woodlands, Texas, on March 24, 2022. True crime fans are donating millions of dollars to help solve cold cases. (Michael Stravato/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250322202406 ? PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022 ? A forensic scientist prepares a sample prior to forensic grade genome sequencing at Othram?s lab in The Woodlands, Texas, on March 24, 2022. True crime fans are donating millions of dollars to help solve cold cases. (Michael Stravato/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250322215505 ? PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022 ? Carla Davis, a genetic genealogist, at her home in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 23, 2022. She is part of a growing cohort of amateur DNA detectives, their hobby born of widespread consumer genetic testing paired with an unquenchable desire for true crime content. (Natalie Naccache/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250322203205 ? PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022 ? Carla Davis, a genetic genealogist, at her home in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 23, 2022. She is part of a growing cohort of amateur DNA detectives, their hobby born of widespread consumer genetic testing paired with an unquenchable desire for true crime content. (Natalie Naccache/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270921163504 Mark Catlin, who for seven years has been on a targeted therapy for his lung cancer that involves taking just two pills a day, at his home in Appleton, Wis., Aug. 24, 2021. A growing number of cancer patients, especially those with breast and lung cancers, are being spared dreaded chemotherapy treatments in favor of other options. (Narayan MahonThe New York Times)

ny270921163305 Dr. Seema Doshi, who was happily surprised to learn of an alternative to chemotherapy treatment for her breast cancer, with her twin eight-year-olds Grayson, left, and Liam, near their home in Franklin, Mass., Aug. 19, 2021. A growing number of cancer patients, especially those with breast and lung cancers, are being spared dreaded chemotherapy treatments in favor of other options. (Lauren Justice/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270921163805 Dr. Seema Doshi, who was happily surprised to learn of an alternative to chemotherapy treatment for her breast cancer, near her home in Franklin, Mass., Aug. 19, 2021. A growing number of cancer patients, especially those with breast and lung cancers, are being spared dreaded chemotherapy treatments in favor of other options. (Lauren Justice/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny030521160705 Heidi Cobleigh, left, and Scott McCord, coroners in Newton County, Ind., stand in front of Newton County Courthouse on April 29, 2021. Cobleigh and McCord turned to forensic genealogy to identify three murder victims when every other method had failed. Forensic genealogy helped nab the Golden State Killer in 2018 and now investigators across the country are using it to revisit hundreds of unsolved crimes. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny310521163305 FILE -- A technician at HudsonAlpha, a genome sequencing lab in Huntsville, Ala., that has worked on more than 1,000 forensic genealogy cases, on April 28, 2021. Maryland and Montana have passed the nation?s first laws limiting forensic genealogy, the method that found the Golden State Killer. (Wes Frazer/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny030521155504 Lab technicians processes samples at HudsonAlpha Discovery, in Huntsville, Ala., on April 28, 2021. HudsonAlpha Discovery has worked on about 1,100 forensic cases. Forensic genealogy helped nab the Golden State Killer in 2018 and now investigators across the country are using it to revisit hundreds of unsolved crimes. (Wes Frazer/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny030521160105 Lab technicians processes samples at HudsonAlpha Discovery, in Huntsville, Ala., on April 28, 2021. HudsonAlpha Discovery has worked on about 1,100 forensic cases. Forensic genealogy helped nab the Golden State Killer in 2018 and now investigators across the country are using it to revisit hundreds of unsolved crimes. (Wes Frazer/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny030521155805 Near the location where Jenifer Noreen Denton?s body was discovered in 1988, in Indiana on April 28, 2021. Forensic genealogy helped nab the Golden State Killer in 2018 and now investigators across the country are using it to revisit hundreds of unsolved crimes. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny030521160305 Rebecca Goddard, Newton County?s chief deputy prosecutor, in her office in Kentland, Ind. on April 28, 2021. Forensic genealogy helped nab the Golden State Killer in 2018 and now investigators across the country are using it to revisit hundreds of unsolved crimes. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny030521160405 L. Elias Chan, a volunteer with the DNA Doe Project who runs a genealogy research business, in Seattle on April 27, 2021. Forensic genealogy helped nab the Golden State Killer in 2018 and now investigators across the country are using it to revisit hundreds of unsolved crimes. (Jovelle Tamayo/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny150221231905 **EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 2:31 a.m. ET TUESDAY, FEB. 16, 2021. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Dr. Jessica Manning, a public health researcher with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, at the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Feb. 10, 2021. From a small lab in Cambodia, Dr. Jessica Manning is on the lookout for emerging diseases. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny150221231105 **EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 2:31 a.m. ET TUESDAY, FEB. 16, 2021. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Dr. Jessica Manning, a public health researcher with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, at the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Feb. 10, 2021. From a small lab in Cambodia, Dr. Jessica Manning is on the lookout for emerging diseases. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny150221232805 **EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 2:31 a.m. ET TUESDAY, FEB. 16, 2021. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Dr. Jessica Manning, a public health researcher with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, at the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Feb. 10, 2021. From a small lab in Cambodia, Dr. Jessica Manning is on the lookout for emerging diseases. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny150221231305 **EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 2:31 a.m. ET TUESDAY, FEB. 16, 2021. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Lay Sreyngim, a lab technician, with samples at the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on June 24, 2020. From a small lab in Cambodia, Dr. Jessica Manning is on the lookout for emerging diseases. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny150221232404 **EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 2:31 a.m. ET TUESDAY, FEB. 16, 2021. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Sreng Sokunthea carries a blood sample to the laboratory in Kampong Speu, Cambodia on June 24, 2020. From a small lab in Cambodia, Dr. Jessica Manning is on the lookout for emerging diseases. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny150221232605 Sreng Sokunthea, left, a lab technician, interviews Siv Vath, a garment worker who had a high fever, in Kampong Speu, Cambodia on June 24, 2020. His blood was analyzed and put through a genetic sequencer in Dr. Manning?s lab. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny150221231804 **EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 2:31 a.m. ET TUESDAY, FEB. 16, 2021. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Phoun Phalla, and her baby nephew, in their house in Trapeang Thmor village near in Kampong Speu, Cambodia on June 24, 2020. Phalla's parents gave consent for her to participate in the metagenomic study. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny070324175206 FILE Ñ Interstate 95 and the Fairfax County Parkway in Newington, Va., April 2, 2020. Elroy Harrison, 65, was indicted on Monday, March 4, 2024, by a grand jury in the murder of Jacqueline Lard, 40, the victim found in 1986 in Woodbridge, Va. Ñ DNA from Harrison was also linked to the murder of Amy Baker, 18, the victim found in 1989 Springfield, Va. (Eric Thayer/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny100320031204 **EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 2:01 A.M. ET TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2020. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS. EMBARGO SET BY SOURCE.** Dr. Nancy Wexler, a professor of neuropsychology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, at her home in New York on Feb. 25, 2020. Wexler, who has spent her life studying Huntington?s disease is now, at 74, facing a painful and daunting task that she had long postponed, to acknowledge publicly that she has the same disease that killed her mother, uncles and grandfather. (Jackie Molloy/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny100320031503 **EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 2:01 A.M. ET TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2020. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS. EMBARGO SET BY SOURCE.** Dr. Nancy Wexler, a professor of neuropsychology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, at her home in New York on Feb. 25, 2020.Wexler, who has spent her life studying Huntington?s disease is now, at 74, facing a painful and daunting task that she had long postponed, to acknowledge publicly that she has the same disease that killed her mother, uncles and grandfather. (Jackie Molloy/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny100320030904 **EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 2:01 A.M. ET TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2020. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS. EMBARGO SET BY SOURCE.** Dr. Nancy Wexler, a professor of neuropsychology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, at her home in New York on Feb. 25, 2020. Wexler, who has spent her life studying Huntington?s disease is now, at 74, facing a painful and daunting task that she had long postponed, to acknowledge publicly that she has the same disease that killed her mother, uncles and grandfather. (Jackie Molloy/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270919163204 Avocados on the tree in Guanajuanto, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2019. Scientists in the U.S. and Mexico have mapped the DNA of several varieties, which could result in fruit that resist disease or survive in drier conditions. (Celia Talbot Tobin/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270919163304 Avocados are picked from the tree in Guanajuanto, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2019. Scientists in the U.S. and Mexico have mapped the DNA of several varieties, which could result in fruit that resist disease or survive in drier conditions. (Celia Talbot Tobin/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270919162704 Avocados in Guanajuanto, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2019. Scientists in the U.S. and Mexico have mapped the DNA of several varieties, which could result in fruit that resist disease or survive in drier conditions. (Celia Talbot Tobin/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270919162804 Lupita Guadalupe Mireles tests a DNA sequence used to map the avocado genome at the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity in Guanajuanto, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2019. Scientists in the U.S. and Mexico have mapped the DNA of several varieties, which could result in fruit that resist disease or survive in drier conditions. (Celia Talbot Tobin/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270919163003 A DNA sequencer used to map the avocado genome at the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity in Guanajuanto, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2019. Scientists in the U.S. and Mexico have mapped the DNA of several varieties, which could result in fruit that resist disease or survive in drier conditions. (Celia Talbot Tobin/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270919162604 Lupita Guadalupe Mireles tests a DNA sequence used to map the avocado genome at the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity in Guanajuanto, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2019. Scientists in the U.S. and Mexico have mapped the DNA of several varieties, which could result in fruit that resist disease or survive in drier conditions. (Celia Talbot Tobin/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270919163505 Students at the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity in Guanajuanto, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2019. Scientists in the U.S. and Mexico have mapped the DNA of several varieties, which could result in fruit that resist disease or survive in drier conditions. (Celia Talbot Tobin/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny270919162504 An incubator where bacteria carrying specific pieces of avocado DNA are grown, at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, Aug. 21, 2019. Scientists in the U.S. and Mexico have mapped the DNA of several varieties, which could result in fruit that resist disease or survive in drier conditions. (Carter Johnston/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160919203904 Ed Green, left, a paleogeneticist, and Nicholas Maurer, a lab technician, look at a computer image during genetic testing on a hair sample at the University of California, Santa Cruz, June 17, 2019. Green, better known for work with ancient fossils, has figured out how to get sufficient DNA out of a rootless hair ? a game-changer for law enforcement and forensic evidence. (James Tensuan/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny030521160205 Margaret Press, co-founder of the DNA Doe Project, in Washoe City, Nev., May 7, 2019. Forensic genealogy helped nab the Golden State Killer in 2018 and now investigators across the country are using it to revisit hundreds of unsolved crimes. (Jason Henry/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110519144903 The DNA tree that helped discover the identity of Mary Silvani, below, and a photograph of James Richard Curry, her killer, at the Washoe County Sheriff's Office in Reno, Nev., May 7, 2019. The role that a group of volunteer sleuths played in the investigation is a bit different from that in other recent cases. (Jason Henry/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250419134904 Colleen Fitzpatrick, a retired nuclear physicist, in Fountain Valley, Calif., April 22, 2019. Fitzpatrick pioneered a technique she calls ?DNA bingo,? in which relatives? genetic data is used to generate a suspect?s possible surname. (Rozette Rago/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250419135004 Margaret Press, a retired computer programmer and skilled family tree builder, in Sebastopol, Calif., April 21, 2019. She and Colleen Fitzpatrick have used genetic genealogy to identify bodies through their organization DNA Doe. (Rachel Bujalski/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny150819180104 Maurice Sylla, who was one of hundreds of men from whom the police sought DNA samples during a genetic canvas after the 2016 murder of a female jogger in Queens, outside his apartment complex in Brooklyn, on April 10, 2019. The city?s DNA database has become a powerful tool for law enforcement but operates with little or any oversight. (Demetrius Freeman/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny150819180404 Maurice Sylla, who was one of hundreds of men from whom the police sought DNA samples during a genetic canvas after the 2016 murder of a female jogger in Queens, outside his apartment complex in Brooklyn, on April 10, 2019. The city?s DNA database has become a powerful tool for law enforcement but operates with little or any oversight. (Demetrius Freeman/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny150819181004 FILE -- Chanel Lewis, right, who was convicted of killing Karina Vetrano in 2016, sits with his defense team during his retrial at Queens Criminal Court in New York, March 18, 2019. The New York Police Department has taken DNA samples from people convicted of crimes, as well as from people who are only arrested or sometimes simply questioned. The practice could expose the Police Department to scrutiny over how the genetic material is collected and whether privacy rights are being violated, civil liberties lawyers contend. (Uli Seit/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny200519133804 FILE -- Soccer teams high five at Rio de Los Angeles State Park in Los Angeles, March 9, 2019. According to a new study of the genetics of physical activity, a need and desire to be in motion may have been bred into our DNA before we even became humans. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250419134503 FILE -- CeCe Moore, a genetic genealogist, in San Clemente, Calif., Dec. 26, 2018. Moore was among the first to see the potential in the use of DNA submitted to online genealogy sites to solve crimes. ?This was a citizen scientist discovery that came from outside academia and traditional science,? she said. (Tara Pixley/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny220419120204 FILE -- A lunch buffet in Umbria, Italy, Dec. 18, 2018. Mutations in the MC4R gene usually lead to obesity by preventing a sense of fullness. But one such mutation leaves people uninterested in eating, scientists report. (Susan Wright/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny141019164104 FILE -- A humpback whale surfaces while feasting on a school of menhaden, or bunker, fish, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey, Sept. 7, 2018. A study published in Science Advances reports that the loss of some genes in the common ancestor of whales and dolphins allowed them to shed features that would have been liabilities beneath the waves, which may have contributed to the survival of future generations. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny051119205904 FILE -- Barbara Rae-Venter, the genetic genealogist who helped crack the unsolved Golden State Killer case, at home in California, Aug. 26, 2018. Rae-Venter, who works with law enforcement, described the situation as ?Don?t rock the boat.? (Brian L. Frank/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny250419134604 FILE -- Dr. Barbara Rae-Venter, a genetic genealogist and retired patent attorney, in Marina, Calif., Aug. 26, 2018. Rae-Venter helped identify a suspect in the Golden State Killer case using DNA that the authorities had shared with the genealogical research site GEDMatch.com. (Brian L. Frank/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160618131111 Part of a new exhibit dedicated to Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman who bore some of Thomas Jefferson?s children, at Monticello in Charlottesville, Va., June 11, 2018. The public opening deals a final blow to two centuries of ignoring Jefferson?s four-decade relationship with Hemings. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160618131311 A recreation of one of Sally Hemings? outfits at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson?s home in Charlottesville, Va., June 11, 2018. Opening a new room to Hemings, curators grappled with how to represent a woman for whom no pictures exist. They ultimately opted not to recreate a physical image of her. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160618130812 Monticello, Thomas Jefferson?s home in Charlottesville, Va., June 11, 2018. The public opening here of a new room and exhibit dedicated to Sally Hemings deals a final blow to two centuries of ignoring Jefferson?s four-decade relationship with one of his slaves. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160618130711 Monticello, Thomas Jefferson?s home in Charlottesville, Va., June 11, 2018. The public opening here of a new room and exhibit dedicated to Sally Hemings deals a final blow to two centuries of ignoring Jefferson?s four-decade relationship with one of his slaves. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times/Fotoarena)