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Disease Prediction Scores Based on DNA Have a Racial Bias, Study Finds

Disease Prediction Scores Based on DNA Have a Racial Bias, Study Finds | Box of delight | Scoop.it
Scores for predicting disease risk based on genetics are on average almost five times less accurate for people of African ancestry, two times less accurate for East Asians, and 1.6 times less accurate for Hispanic or Latino Americans, compared to people of European descent, a paper published Friday in Nature Genetics has found.
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White? Black? A Murky Distinction Grows Still Murkier

White? Black? A Murky Distinction Grows Still Murkier | Box of delight | Scoop.it
There is a long tradition of trying to draw sharp lines between ethnic groups, but our ancestry is a fluid and complex matter, geneticists say.
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