Geneticists worldwide must investigate a much broader ensemble of populations, including racial and ethnic minorities,” write geneticists led by Carlos Bustamante of Stanford University in a July 14 Nature article. “If we do not, a biased picture will emerge of which variants are important, and genomic medicine will largely benefit a privileged few.

The Genome Revolution is Skipping Nonwhites - Wired

The article continues:

A 2009 review by Duke University geneticist David Goldstein found that 96 percent of all GWAS [genome-wide association studies] genomes came from people of European ancestry. Into that remaining 4 percent is crammed every other racial and ethnic group, though in absolute numbers they represent the vast majority — roughly 80 percent and growing — of humanity.

Is anyone suprised? 

(via sciencecenter)

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