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Please ELI5: I understand that one of the key features of 23andMe is their health report because the genealogy and the DNA dump are included in other companies.
by wslh 3y ago
Please ELI5: I understand that one of the key features of 23andMe is their health report because the genealogy and the DNA dump are included in other companies.
For a developer plus a scientist it is teally difficult to get the health data from the raw ADN and using current (Python?) modules?
- 331c8c71 3y agoHealth report? They only have limited info about your DNA (common small variants). The further you move from obvious disease-causing or high-risk mutations the more expertise you need. But even there you need where to look and how to present the results. The real (honest) question is what such reports cover and what qre the precision/recall? Answering that requires far more than duct-taping a few python modules.
- wslh 3y agoThat is why I asked about having a scientist (or many of them). From your answer I understand that for every health condition, and probably jointly, you need to do an analyzer? I am trying to understand the complexity from a CS perspective. You have the string that is your DNA and then you need to pass different functions with their own complexity for detecting each health issue?