One thing to consider is that whole genome sequencing, as it exists now, has errors of up to 30% of the data. There was a paper in 2014 comparing the results of the same DNA in the two main competitors’ machines, and the results didn’t match a big percentage of the time. I don’t recall the name of the paper or the author, or I’d link to it.
Another thing to consider is the possibility of putting one’s DNA into a research database under a Creative Commons license, to be used by the public at large (mostly researchers). Anonymity would be attempted, but could not be guaranteed. The Personal Genome Project http://www.personalgenomes.org is looking for volunteers in many countries. Depending on the country, and the funding available, it may be a way to get the data without having to fund it all yourself.
As for what you can do with it...I think at the moment mostly what you can do is search for scientific articles on areas of interest to you. I think the data will become more useful over time.
One thing to consider is that whole genome sequencing, as it exists now, has errors of up to 30% of the data. There was a paper in 2014 comparing the results of the same DNA in the two main competitors’ machines, and the results didn’t match a big percentage of the time. I don’t recall the name of the paper or the author, or I’d link to it.
Another thing to consider is the possibility of putting one’s DNA into a research database under a Creative Commons license, to be used by the public at large (mostly researchers). Anonymity would be attempted, but could not be guaranteed. The Personal Genome Project http://www.personalgenomes.org is looking for volunteers in many countries. Depending on the country, and the funding available, it may be a way to get the data without having to fund it all yourself.
As for what you can do with it...I think at the moment mostly what you can do is search for scientific articles on areas of interest to you. I think the data will become more useful over time.