New statement provides path to include ethnicity, ancestry, race in genomic research

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New statement provides path to include ethnicity, ancestry, race in genomic research

Genomic studies have produced advances in how to calculate and reduce heart-disease risk, however, the benefits don’t necessarily apply to people from historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups and Indigenous populations. Efforts must be made to eliminate barriers to increase their participation in genomic research, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published today in the Association’s journal Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine.

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