2009
DOI: 10.1186/gm8
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Race and ancestry in biomedical research: exploring the challenges

Abstract: The use of race in biomedical research has, for decades, been a source of social controversy. However, recent events, such as the adoption of racially targeted pharmaceuticals, have raised the profile of the race issue. In addition, we are entering an era in which genomic research is increasingly focused on the nature and extent of human genetic variation, often examined by population, which leads to heightened potential for misunderstandings or misuse of terms concerning genetic variation and race. Here, we d… Show more

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“…5 This discrepancy may arise owing to the fluctuations in racial definitions, clinal variations, social/lifestyle contexts, population migration and historical perspectives. 20,21 These observations strengthens the notion that warfarin dosing algorithms will be microgeographically defined population-specific.…”
Section: Vkorc1_9041 N (%)supporting
confidence: 65%
“…5 This discrepancy may arise owing to the fluctuations in racial definitions, clinal variations, social/lifestyle contexts, population migration and historical perspectives. 20,21 These observations strengthens the notion that warfarin dosing algorithms will be microgeographically defined population-specific.…”
Section: Vkorc1_9041 N (%)supporting
confidence: 65%
“…The study populations used in deriving and validating the CKD-EPI equation were more ethnically diverse than those used for MDRD; however, they only included 10%-30% AAs and 2%-5% H/LAs. 12 Furthermore, classifying a person as black or not black is prone to error and can vastly oversimplify ancestral and ethnic identity, 13 particularly in mixed ancestry (or admixed) populations, such as AAs and H/LAs. Using genome-scale genetic data, it is possible to accurately determine an individual's genetic ancestry, which is the proportion of an individual's genome that is ancestral to continental source populations.…”
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“…Un des aspects les plus controversés de la médecine personnalisée est le recours à l'origine ethnique ou la « race » pour stratifier les participants en sousgroupes d'études, ou comme critère d'inclusion/exclusion dans les projets de recherche [12]. Souvent, la stratification ethnique est utilisée par souci d'écono-mie de ressource et d'efficience.…”
Section: Stratification Ethniqueunclassified