DNA Testing and Privacy (Behind the scenes at the 23andMe Lab) - Smarter Every Day 176

Destin Sandlin visits a genetics lab to explain how DNA genotyping works and discusses the privacy implications of consumer genetic testing.

If you want your own personalized DNA genotype data here's the link: 23andme.com/smarter Click here if you're interested in subscribing: bit.ly/Subscribe2SED ⇊ Click below for more links! ⇊ A super big thank you to all Patrons of Smarter Every Day: Smarter Every Day on Patreon patreon.com/smartereveryday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION A special thanks to Dr. Neil Lamb at the Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology. A major mission of Hudson Alpha is to educate the public and promote genomics literacy. I talked to many scientists about Genotyping but Dr. Lamb's ability to break down the complexity of the human genome is what finally brought it home for me. Hudson Alpha provides many opportunities for Genomics Education and Hudson Alpha is hudsonalpha.org/ for explaining the difference between Genotyping and Sequencing. To contact a super smart Genomics Professional at Hudson Alpha click here: hudsonalpha.org/contact Genotyping and Sequencing are very different: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotyping en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequencing#DNA_sequencing The 23andMe Genotyping service is provided by LabCorp According to their website, LabCorp is "The World's Leading Health Care Diagnostics Company" labcorp.com/ No Private or Health Information about any individual was recorded or shared in the making of this video (This video is HIPAA compliant). A special thanks to the Lab Manager Amanda Douglas for being a complete science rock star and a great person to work with I spoke with about a dozen LabCorp Employees who are under Amanda and every one said she was an absolute joy to work for. I know my experience working with her great and I hope her boss reads this blurb I wrote down here in the video description and gives her a high five and a big fat bonus or something equally as awesome. 23andMe provide Genotyping testing using an Illumina HumanOmniExpress-24 format chip. Here's a bit about the chip. Heads up, it's incredible technology. youtube.com/watch?v=lVG04dAAyvY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET STUFF SECTION: (If I did this right these should be working Amazon affiliate links to purchase the stuff I like to use. When people purchase from these links it will support Smarter Every Day.) ❓Mystery Item (just for fun): amzn.to/3cX2id4 Things I use and like: 📷Camera I use : amzn.to/2VSiruw Favorite Lens: amzn.to/2KPDQ1a Wide-angle: amzn.to/2SlPchR On-camera Mic: amzn.to/2SJulF4 Lav Mic: amzn.to/3aRek6r Hot shoe mount for Lav Receiver: amzn.to/35m6uAo My Tripod: amzn.to/2Yl6RtJ My Multi-tool: amzn.to/2zGm5Pz Favorite SD Card: amzn.to/2KQ3Edz 💾How I get footage off my phone: amzn.to/2KMem4K Travel Tripod: amzn.to/2zEa9Oi My Backpack: amzn.to/35jveJL My Headlamp: amzn.to/3deYmVt Favorite Bidet: amzn.to/2xnMG3b World Map