privatedna
Polygenic scores, privately computed in your browser
privatedna is a browser-based tool that computes polygenic risk scores for five psychiatric conditions using raw DNA files from 23andMe, MyHeritage, or AncestryDNA. All processing happens locally in the browser via JavaScript, meaning no genetic data is ever uploaded or stored on a server. Scoring is based on Psychiatric Genomics Consortium research and is explicitly framed as informational context, not a medical diagnosis.
Users upload a raw DNA file which is parsed entirely by JavaScript in the browser tab, and polygenic risk scores are computed locally without any data leaving the device.
individuals who have existing raw DNA data from consumer genetics services and want privacy-preserving genetic insights
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- free
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