BACKGROUND: Genetic research has potential benefits for improving health, such as
identifying molecular characteristics of a disease, understanding disease prevalence and …

Indigenous scholars are leading initiatives to improve access to genetic and genomic
research and health care based on their unique cultural contexts and within sovereign …

Studies of indigenous peoples are a crucial part of genomic research, not only to define the
extent of human diversity but to provide medical benefit to all people. There are more than …

Indigenous people stand to benefit from advances in genomic technology, but genetic
research in Indigenous communities has been controversial. This article reviews the ethical …

Compared to European ancestral groups, Indigenous Canadians are more likely to have
uninterpretable genome‐wide sequencing results due to non‐representation in reference …

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 …

The new science of genomics endeavors to chart the genomes of individuals around the
world, with the dual goals of understanding the role genetic factors play in human health and …

Integration of genomic technology into healthcare settings establishes new capabilities to
predict disease susceptibility and optimize treatment regimes. Yet, Indigenous peoples …

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 …

Indigenous populations, in common with all populations, stand to benefit from the potential
of genetic research to lead to improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic tools for a wide …