Abstract In 2015, 634387 million people (9% of the world's population) resided in Latin
America (LA), with half of those populating Brazil and Mexico. The LA Dialysis and …

Abstract During the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (TAST), around twelve million Africans were
enslaved and forcibly moved from Africa to the Americas and Europe, durably influencing …

Introduction A growing number of dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease (DIAD) cases
have become known in Latin American (LatAm) in recent years. However, questions …

Abstract Background Hispanic/Latino (HL) populations bear a disproportionately high
burden of type 2 diabetes (T2D). The ability to predict T2D genetic risk using polygenic risk …

Genomic research has contributed significantly to our understanding of present-day human
biological diversity, health, and disease. However, at the same time, genomic research has …

ABSTRACT In Latin America, breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women, and
limited available data suggest that up to 15% of all breast cancer cases in the region are …

Objectives To investigate the variation in dental nonmetric traits and to evaluate the utility of
this variation for inferring genetic ancestry proportions in a sample of admixed Latin …

Assigning correct population affinity to a skeleton can contribute important information to an
investigation—yet recent work highlights high error rates when classifying Latinos with a …

Up to one-third of those with schizophrenia fail to respond to standard antipsychotics and
are considered to have treatment-resistant schizophrenia, a condition for which clozapine is …

Interethnic variability in drug response arises from genetic differences associated with drug
metabolism, action and transport. These genetic variations can affect drug efficacy as well as …