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Limited Genetic Diversity Affects Us All

Author
Theral Timpson
Published
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Episode Link
https://www.mendelspod.com/p/limited-genetic-diversity-affects-f21

Diversity’s in the news these days. It's not just political correctness. Let’s look deeper into our field at how limited diversity in genetics is affecting all of us.
If you are a member of a minority population and you go into a cancer clinic seeking help, some of the genetic tests on offer may not work for you because of your ethnic background. Not only is this wrong on a social justice level. It turns out it's just bad science.

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