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Sep 25, 2018 43 min

Matt Fender

from The Beagle Has Landed Podcast Hosted by Theral Timpson

In December 2017, Matt Fender ran his 23andMe raw data through Promethease, a third party DNA search engine that provides an inexpensive personalized list of annotated SNP’s. At the top of Matt’s report was a box banded in red that said “pathogenic” and “PSEN1” and “early onset Alzheimer’s disease.” At 32, Matt believed that dementia was only a few years off – on bad days, he thought perhaps it has already begun. He agonized over how to tell his family. And he discovered that when it came to DTC genetic testing, the instructions “consult your doctor” might be easier said than done. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beaglelanded.substack.com

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