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HelixSequencing

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About HelixSequencing

Taught myself genomics after getting my own DNA data and realizing consumer reports barely scratch the surface. Built Helix to score against the full PGS Catalog — 1,200+ traits, ancestry-aware percentiles, zero data retention. One of our early test reports flagged cancer-related variants in a friend before anyone knew. That's when I knew this mattered. https://helixsequencing.com

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    Upload 23andMe,myHeritage, Myancestry, get 1,200 GRS score and a longevity prot

    Hey HN. I built Helix (https://helixsequencing.com) — upload your existing 23andMe, AncestryDNA, or MyHeritage raw data file and get a comprehensive genomic analysis. It's free. ~4…

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    What's wild to me is that people worry about writing style fingerprinting while casually uploading their literal DNA to consumer genomics companies. 23andMe went bankrupt and sudde…

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    This tracks with what I've seen across the industry. The safety theater exists because it's great marketing — "we're the responsible ones" is a differentiator when you're competing…