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I wanted to have it done so badly, but now I'm with you. Anyone have a cost on analyzing your DNA privately? Then the breach is just you+1, and you could use a fake name (I know, I know, that isn't foolproof when DNA is involved)

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I literally looked this up last night for personal interest. Allegedly Texas A&M will do it for $800. A whole genome sequence for a human. https://www.txgen.tamu.edu/new-novaseq-pricing-25feb2019/

Your DNA, in isolation, is not very useful to you (other than medical). The idea is to find relatives by matching segments of DNA with other people.

The medical part was the only part I was ever interested in

~ $2000 for whole genome sequencing (WGS). Whole exome sequencing is cheaper but much less precise, ~$700.

For what 23andme does, a couple hundred probably, maybe under 100 if you went in with several people. You could have your whole genome sequenced, the materials and service cost would be in the neighborhood of $7000 commercially.

Data analysis costs vary widely, depending on what you want.

399 euro at DanteLabs: https://www.dantelabs.com/products/whole-genome-sequencing?v...

That's awesome. Do they have a good track record of privacy? I read what they have on their site, but I can't just take them at face value with something as valuable as a whole genome.

For a while Veritas claimed to offer full genome sequencing for $1000, but I believe they've recently reduced the price to $600. Also, in refreshing my memory on this company with some light research, I found this published 40 minutes ago:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-06/breach-at...

Whoops!

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