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Who reviews your DNA

Helixir Genomics is run by Adriano De Marino, PhD, a precision medicine analyst. He reviews every result in every report.

  • 3 billionletters of your DNA sequenced, each read about 30 times
  • 3,572genes searched for changes you could pass on to a child
  • 10+years in the genetics industry, on variants, imputation and ancestry
  • 6peer-reviewed papers, in Nature Communications and Scientific Reports among them
The last page of an example report: what it can and cannot tell you, and the analyst's name
The last page of every report: its limits, and his name.

Adriano De Marino, PhD

Precision medicine analyst and founder

His PhD covered precision medicine, genetics and computer science, at the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca and the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-TIGET) in Milan.

He has worked in the genetics industry for more than ten years, on variant interpretation, genotype imputation, polygenic risk scores and ancestry.

At Helixir, software processes the raw data from the laboratory. He reviews the findings, the evidence behind each one and the limits of the test, and explains what they mean for you.

He is a precision medicine analyst, not a physician. Anything with medical consequences goes to your doctor.

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How each report is checked

Evidence
Each finding is checked against ClinVar and current research. When laboratories disagree about a variant, he weighs every view.
Uncertainty stated
When the evidence is weak or mixed, the report says so, next to the result.
Privacy
Your data is never sold, never shared for advertising or research and never used to train software. It is encrypted when stored and when sent.
Independence
Helixir earns nothing from supplement brands or drug companies. Recommendations are not paid for.

Selected publications

  1. Scientific Reports2026Selphi, a tool for improving genotype imputation accuracyDe Marino A, Mahmoud AA, Bohn S, … Torkamani A, Yazdi PG
  2. Scientific Reports2025Optimization of multi-ancestry polygenic risk score disease prediction modelsLerga-Jaso J, Terpolovsky A, Novković B, … De Marino A, … Yazdi PG
  3. Nature Communications2025Tracing human genetic histories and natural selection with precise local ancestry inferenceLerga-Jaso J, Novković B, Unnikrishnan D, … De Marino A, … Yazdi PG
  4. PLOS ONE2022A comparative analysis of current phasing and imputation softwareDe Marino A, Mahmoud AA, Bose M, et al
  5. Scientific Reports2022Prioritization of putatively detrimental variants in euploid miscarriagesBuonaiuto S, Di Biase I, Aleotti V, et al. (De Marino A)
  6. The Anatomical Record2017Spermatogenic cycle and steroidogenic control of spermatogenesis in Mytilus galloprovincialisPrisco M, Agnese M, De Marino A, Andreuccetti P, Rosati L

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