ENETICS IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, but it is rarely used in
Indigenous health-research projects. In the past, proposals to conduct genetic studies in …

NA WORLD WHERE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN GENETIC VARIATION is increasingly
circulated, Indigenous Australians are prominent dissenters. Since refusing to participate in …

What does all this mean for indigenous health research? There are two pertinent lessons to
learn from recent events. First, genomics is here to stay, with increasing numbers of …

Genetics is at the forefront of medical research, but it is rarely used in Indigenous health
research projects. This discussion paper is the outcome of the first ever national discussion …

Genetics is at the forefront of medical research, but it is rarely used in Indigenous health
research projects. This discussion paper is the outcome of the first ever national discussion …

While human genetic research promises to deliver a range of health benefits to the
population, genetic research that takes place in Indigenous communities has proven …

Abstract The Australian Government recognises an obligation to ensure that Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders (Australia's First Peoples) are included in the integration of genomics …

Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) is a program of mass sampling of Indigenous
peoples and other isolated populations, presently being conducted by teams of molecular …

The question of who benefits from publicly funded genomics is also important. One of the
basic principles of public health is equity–health for all, not just those who are relatively well …

EFORE BEGINNING THIS ESSAY, Iwishtoacknowledge the paradoxical nature of the
position from which I speak–namely, that of a Western researcher reporting on the reasons …