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. 2021 Apr 15;184(8):1964-1965.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.038.

Is genetic ancestry a tool to combat health disparities?

Rex L Chisholm  1
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Is genetic ancestry a tool to combat health disparities?

Rex L Chisholm. Cell. .
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The use of race and ethnicity in medicine has become a matter of intense debate. Currently the social construct of race and ethnicity is far from precise, serving as a poor proxy for ancestry. In this issue of Cell, Belbin et al. provide an interesting framework for better characterizing population substructure in a diverse urban environment.

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  • Toward a fine-scale population health monitoring system.
    Belbin GM, Cullina S, Wenric S, Soper ER, Glicksberg BS, Torre D, Moscati A, Wojcik GL, Shemirani R, Beckmann ND, Cohain A, Sorokin EP, Park DS, Ambite JL, Ellis S, Auton A; CBIPM Genomics Team; Regeneron Genetics Center; Bottinger EP, Cho JH, Loos RJF, Abul-Husn NS, Zaitlen NA, Gignoux CR, Kenny EE. Belbin GM, et al. Cell. 2021 Apr 15;184(8):2068-2083.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.034. Cell. 2021. PMID: 33861964

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