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The lack of diversity in genetics research has serious healthcare implications. Since the completion more than 20 years ago of the Human Genome Project, which mapped most human genes for the first time, close to 90% of genomics studies have been conducted using DNA from participants of European descent. Even slight genetic variations can significantly impact health outcomes.  Some genetic variants are more common among Black Americans than White Americans. Misclassifications can be avoided if “even modest numbers of people from diverse populations are included in sequence databases,” the authors wrote. Read the article here! #atwhealth #ppiconline #healthequity #qualityimprovement #healthcaretransformation #patientengagement

Human genetics and genomics make an impact on the U.S. economy 💰. Add our commissioned report examining how this boost is increasingly integrated into healthcare and society to your advocacy toolkit. 🔍Explore Now: https://lnkd.in/d7H6kacz #ASHG #GeneticAdvocacy

Years of research indicating the importance of the hormone oxytocin in pairing, coupling, simpatico relating, etc - animals to humans - now being “upended.” Fascinating new research shows NOT the invalidity of the research per se.. And the boost oxytocin provides … But that mammals are so WIRED to couple up.. that we will find a way without it! #oxytocin #upregulation #science #communication #connection #coaching

Here we go!!!! 🔬 Iam thrilled to share that my first research article(review type) titled " The Ethical Considerations Of Human Genetic Engineering" has been officially published in TIJER Journal! 🌟 📖 This paper represents countless hours of hard work, dedication, and collaboration with my fellow mates!!   📚 my research article can be accessed through the below link 🔗https://lnkd.in/guMcZ_qq   I hope it sparks new ideas, fosters productive discussions, and inspires further advancements in the field. 👉 If you're interested in learning more about our research or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out! Your feedback is crucial to advancing the conversation in Genetics.    📆 Published on 31st July   #research #publication #science #academic #academicpublishing #researchfindings

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Understanding complex biology in large #cohorts can present a significant challenge for researchers. #Metabolon has developed multiple strategies to help researchers identify key insights from large datasets and merge data from different sample sets to increase study power. Learn more about our success with large cohort population health studies in our brochure. 📘Download here: https://mtbln.co/dltuir #metabolomics #populationhealth

This summer, RFK Jr. (in)famously invoked a speculative early-pandemic genetics paper, to sow viral misunderstanding of #COVID...and of human diversity itself. In a new preprint, John Novembre and I explain how that paper's core contentious claim reflected a basic sampling artifact -- which reviewers, editors, or authors themselves should ideally have caught (perhaps with better statistical training, and/or better incentives for reviewer scrutiny), to convey findings correctly, averting later weaponization in heated public discourse. To that point, we'd love any insights/feedback from readers of the preprint, to help hone it as needed, to exemplify how crowd-mind assessment can help science work better. 🙏

The tendency for #myopia to run in families may, at first sight, suggest that genetics plays a part in its development. But could that link be less nature and more nurture? Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e-B6KANA #myopiacontrol #myopiamanagement