About DNA Info Lab

Our mission

Make published genetic research accessible to the people whose genomes it describes. Commercial DNA tests give you ancestry charts and a few health snippets — but the scientific literature contains thousands of validated gene-trait associations that are never surfaced to the person who paid for their genome. This platform bridges that gap.

Why we built this

Millions of people have raw DNA data from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, or MyHeritage sitting unused in a download folder. Meanwhile, the GWAS Catalog publishes new disease associations every week. DNA Info Lab connects these two: your own SNPs, cross-referenced against peer-reviewed research, with plain-language explanations.

How we approach this

Transparency and scientific integrity are the core of the project:

• Every result links back to the original study (PMID, journal, year).
• We show how much of each area your file actually covers, and say plainly that coverage is neither confidence nor risk.
• We publish no overall score: our own audit found the aggregate did not measure what its label said, so we show the variants, the trait each study measured and its source instead.
• AI explanations cite the specific papers they draw from.

Scientific sources

All analyses are grounded in these public, peer-reviewed databases:

What we don't do

This is not a clinical diagnostic service. We do not provide medical advice, predict with certainty, or replace conversations with a healthcare provider. Most GWAS studies are biased toward European-ancestry populations, and chip coverage varies between providers — both are acknowledged transparently in every result.

Contact

Questions, feedback, or bug reports? Reach us at info@dnainfolab.org.