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Comment #27149086
Much appreciated, I'm glad you agree! :)
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Comment #27148513
I should probably say that my primary reason for signing up to a stem cell donor registry is to actually be a donor! This data is generated as a byproduct of signing up and is also…
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Comment #27148462
I do, and I donate to these charities because it's a cause quite close to my heart. At present it's clearly not scalable to be sending GDPR requests one person at a time. I think p…
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Comment #27148418
I like to think that using this analogy, here you're going to the food bank and donating food (or your stem cells) while getting data on how many people liked it in return. I've se…
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Comment #27148370
This is very true, and genotyping just the HLA/KIR loci won't tell you much about all the other genes that are important for health. However, the HLA typing is at least a start (an…
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Comment #27148303
You can sequence yourself properly (and it's more information that way), but this way you can get called upon to donate if you're a match for someone somewhere in the world!
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Comment #27148210
Hiya, author here! I wrote the article to mostly encourage others to sign up to these charities to help accomplish their mission, the data generated as a by-product is just a cool …
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