This review explores the limitations of self-reported race, ethnicity, and genetic ancestry in
biomedical research. Various terminologies are used to classify human differences in …

As research focused on personalized medicine has developed over the past decade,
bioethics scholars have contemplated the ethical, legal and social implications of this type of …

Ten years after the Human Genome Project's completion the life sciences stand in a moment
of uncertainty, transition, and contestation. The postgenomic era has seen rapid shifts in …

Research on the use of genome and exome sequencing for diagnosis, identification of
potential therapies, precision prescribing of pharmaceuticals, and identification of disease …

Health care spending in the United States today is approaching 20 percent of GDP, yet
levels of US population health have been declining for decades relative to other wealthy and …

Background Sedentary behavior is associated with type II diabetes, though little is known
about prevalence of this behavior across racial/ethnic groups or how it may contribute to …

We begin with a typology of Americans' understanding of the links between genetic
inheritance and racial or ethnic groups. The typology has two dimensions: one running from …

The hospital's hea d psychiatrist, Dr Muñoz, 1 held appointments with patients in his office, a
small, ten-foot by twelve-foot rectangular space, crowded with furniture. 2 The psychiatrist's …

Despite major public health initiatives, significant disparities persist among racially and
ethnically defined groups in the prevalence of disease, access to medical care, quality of …

Genomics is increasingly becoming an integral component of health research and clinical
care. The perceived difficulties associated with genetic research involving Aboriginal and …