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dekhntoday at 1:25 AM3 repliesview on HN

Nothing about this is the future. Sequencing at home will not solve any major problems. It's mainly a fun exercise to demonstrate that sequencing has been commodified.


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ngseverstoday at 4:19 AM

I disagree, I sequenced with nebula genomics years ago.. you can understand risk factors for various problems so that you can start interventions that make sense way in advance.

ElenaDaibunnytoday at 3:37 AM

just a hobby project for now,pretty wild that this can be done at home.

fragmedetoday at 4:08 AM

Knowing exactly why I have high LDL because of a specific mutation on my DNA is very much the future, imo.