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DNA Testing and Privacy (Behind the scenes at the 23andMe Lab) - Smarter Every Day 176

SmarterEveryDay · 1.5M views · 2017-09-07 · 14:24

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Destin of Smarter Every Day goes behind the scenes at the 23andMe lab to show how genotyping works. He also discusses DNA testing and privacy.

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Pointed to as an interesting look inside how consumer DNA testing companies process samples.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2018–2019

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pel0 · 2019-12 · Recommendation

Smarter Every Day made a pretty interesting video about 23&Me. [VIDEO] . I'm not pro/anti 23&Me or anything but it brings an interesting perspective.

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djsumdog · 2019-02 · Reference

Wait a second, I though these companies didn't sequence DNA. I thought most of them just ran your DNA against known patterns to see if they patch to give you a probably/percentage of ancestry, with all the original samples being destroyed: [VIDEO] Does ancestry actually sample and save entire DNA sequences (I guess they have to in order to do family tree matching)? Crazy.

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propogandist · 2018-06 · Reference

influencers are very selective with their 'reviews' and may chose to leave out things like data-privacy policies, when reviewing a company that provides you DNA analysis -- which should make you question all the information you get from such sources [VIDEO]

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