{"id":63589,"date":"2022-03-29T19:19:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T19:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=63589"},"modified":"2022-03-29T20:32:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T20:32:14","slug":"genetic-ancestry-in-precision-medicine-is-reshaping-the-race-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=63589","title":{"rendered":"Genetic ancestry in precision medicine is reshaping the race debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Genetic ancestry in precision medicine is reshaping the race debate<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/a>
\nVolume 119, Number 12<\/a>, Article e2203033119<\/a>
\n4 pages
\n2022-03-16
\nDOI: 10.1073\/pnas.2203033119<\/a><\/p>\n

Talia Krainc<\/strong><\/a>
\nDepartment of Anthropology
\nPrinceton University, Princeton, New Jersey<\/em><\/p>\n

Agust\u00edn Fuentes<\/strong><\/a>, Professor of Anthropology
\nPrinceton University, Princeton, New Jersey<\/em><\/p>\n

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When including more diverse populations and ancestries in genetic and clinical studies, we need to avoid conflating race with biological identity. Image credit: Shutterstock\/tai11.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Precision medicine<\/a> is an emerging field with immense potential for better understanding of diseases and improved treatment outcomes (1<\/a>). Its focus: patterns of human genetic variation<\/a> in populations and individuals\u2014and how such patterns influence disease pathology and treatment. The field rejects the \u201cone size fits all\u201d approach to understanding disease, aspiring to develop tailored therapies that optimize treatment efficacy. It\u2019s a promising but fledgling field that faces numerous challenges, both scientific and practical. But one challenge has not been fully appreciated: the lack of genetic diversity in research and clinical studies (2<\/a>, 3<\/a>)…<\/p>\n

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The field rejects the \u201cone size fits all\u201d approach to understanding disease, aspiring to develop tailored therapies that optimize treatment efficacy. It\u2019s a promising but fledgling field that faces numerous challenges, both scientific and practical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2039,8],"tags":[17326,738,737,33352],"class_list":["post-63589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-health-medicine","category-media-archive","tag-agustin-fuentes","tag-pnas","tag-proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences","tag-talia-krainc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63599,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63589\/revisions\/63599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}