Data from popular home genetic-testing kits could help scientists shed light on why some people who catch coronavirus have no symptoms while others become very ill.
Researchers are asking people who have used DNA testing services – such as Ancestry DNA, FTDNA and 23andMe – to gain ancestry or health insights to join a study that aims to identify key genes involved in the body’s response to the infection.
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You do not need to have existing data from a home kit. You can send samples for analysis.
Interesting. Very interesting @2Greys -again many thanks for passing on the link. I hope I'm not going to offend you by asking if you are thinking of taking part in this trial? I'm sitting on the fence, for some reason .... maybe because our medical records can be shared etc. 🐿🌈
Of course I have signed up. I think my case will be of particular interest, given that not only did I survive, I did not get admitted into hospital as well. With my comorbidities my chances were supposed to have been extremely slim, there has to be a story of why somewhere.
Not for a moment did i think you wouldn't be "signing up" and you will be of particular interest with your health history +++. They'll be fighting as to who bags a Brucie Bonus (that's you by the way.)An extraordinary amount of information in your DNA , so good on you to Register. I'm just unsure about medical records being passed on to 3rd parties once the researchers have finished. 🐿🌈
I have no real worries with that. My medical records only started in June 2016 and everything since then is public on this site anyway. Nobody including myself has any data prior to that. The one episode with Malaria in Singapore when I was 12years old, has in all probability, long gone and buried.
Thank you for your replies. As you rightly say, I've nothing to hide and what I've not spoken about medically wise on this forum, really is very boring and dates back, like yourself, to when I was 13 or so.
Enjoy your day and I trust Sharon is recovering and getting back to "non-COVID-19" health! 🐿🌈
That's good to hear, I know the one I am with has already started accumulating data on this 
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