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by howderek 3330 days ago
I did this [1], and so have thousands of others through the Harvard Personal Genome Project and other associated projects. So far, I haven't faced any consequences. If you decide to do so, I encourage you to make your genes accessible to researchers by participating in the Harvard Personal Genome Project [2].

The main risk of sharing your genes is genetic discrimination. It's irreversible to share your genes, so I'd ask yourself: if you were to find out you are a carrier of a genetic disorder, would that change your mind? If so, I wouldn't share your genes publically.

[1] http://genes.howderek.com/ [2] http://personalgenomes.org/

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Promethease report is interesting...

https://adamjacobmuller.github.io/promethease.html

I'll do the PGP thing at some point... I get they want informed consent before I do it but its now asking me to review pages of material and making me take a test first...