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You can get your APOE ε4 status, which is a marker for Alzheimer's and dementia, from any DNA test like 23AndMe. To protect your privacy: use a fake name, new e

You can get your APOE ε4 status, which is a marker for Alzheimer's and dementia, from any DNA test like 23AndMe. To protect your privacy: use a fake name, new email address, and get a temporary UPS Store mailbox address for the kit to be mailed to. Use a Visa gift card for payment. Yes, it can be done and it works.

floxy 4y ago
>To protect your privacy... You can't really expect too much privacy with a DNA type test, right? Since it knows all of your relatives who have also (or will ever) taken the test.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
  Even if they correlate your test results to your relatives, so what? If you’ve used a fake name and mailbox, they can’t know who you are. You’re just a set of AGCT encodings.
  - floxy 4y ago
    The paper this article discuss is already more than 4 years old: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-could-be-identified-through-genealogy-databaseeven-if-your-dna-hasnt-been-tested-180970532/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-could-be-ident... ...the odds of being positively identified by your DNA is or soon will be almost certain.
    - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
      You’re missing a key part of that article: > a good sleuth could construct a family tree and then conduct more targeted research that might lead to someone who had never submitted his or her DNA for testing, as was the case with the Golden State Killer So this assumes the sleuth does “targeted research”. That’s only going to happen in things like criminal cases or other cases of big interest. It’s not going to happen to someone like me, an average Joe who has no one looking for him but is looking to protect his privacy by attaching a fake name and address to a DNA sequence.
- abecedarius 4y ago
  It ought to be enough for the company to make a credible promise to send you the data and delete their copy. Is there really nobody who does that?
- astrange 4y ago
  You can never have DNA privacy because you leave it behind wherever you go. It's also probably not worth anything.
DarknessFalls 4y ago
Here's a link to that page on 23AndMe: https://you.23andme.com/reports/ghr.alzheimers https://you.23andme.com/reports/ghr.alzheimers In essence, this gene controls the levels of cholesterol and fats and the blood. If you're prone to high cholesterol and triglycerides, you can mitigate it with a low dosage statin or through diet modifications.

floxy 4y ago

>To protect your privacy... You can't really expect too much privacy with a DNA type test, right? Since it knows all of your relatives who have also (or will ever) taken the test.

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
Even if they correlate your test results to your relatives, so what? If you’ve used a fake name and mailbox, they can’t know who you are. You’re just a set of AGCT encodings.
- floxy 4y ago
  The paper this article discuss is already more than 4 years old: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-could-be-identified-through-genealogy-databaseeven-if-your-dna-hasnt-been-tested-180970532/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-could-be-ident... ...the odds of being positively identified by your DNA is or soon will be almost certain.
  - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
    You’re missing a key part of that article: > a good sleuth could construct a family tree and then conduct more targeted research that might lead to someone who had never submitted his or her DNA for testing, as was the case with the Golden State Killer So this assumes the sleuth does “targeted research”. That’s only going to happen in things like criminal cases or other cases of big interest. It’s not going to happen to someone like me, an average Joe who has no one looking for him but is looking to protect his privacy by attaching a fake name and address to a DNA sequence.
abecedarius 4y ago
It ought to be enough for the company to make a credible promise to send you the data and delete their copy. Is there really nobody who does that?
astrange 4y ago
You can never have DNA privacy because you leave it behind wherever you go. It's also probably not worth anything.

DarknessFalls 4y ago

Here's a link to that page on 23AndMe: https://you.23andme.com/reports/ghr.alzheimers https://you.23andme.com/reports/ghr.alzheimers In essence, this gene controls the levels of cholesterol and fats and the blood. If you're prone to high cholesterol and triglycerides, you can mitigate it with a low dosage statin or through diet modifications.