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Use of race and ethnicity is sometimes ‘harmful’ in medical research, says new report

Jazmin Evans was diagnosed with kidney disease at the age of 17 in 2012. She received a kidney transplant in July 2023, after being on the transplant wait list for four years. Today, a year and a half ...
STAT

Race doesn’t affect the onset or progression of disease — racial bias does

Race has no biological basis and no effect on the onset or progression of disease. Being Black doesn’t put you at a greater risk for sickle cell disease; having ancestry from a place with high rates ...
The Conversation

Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century

In the recent flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump, one warned of “a distorted narrative” about race “driven by ideology rather than truth.” It singled out a current exhibition at ...
STAT

National Academies calls to change how biomedical research uses race and ethnicity

Katie covers the impact of health technology on patients, clinicians, and businesses. Her stories explore the price tag of clinical AI, digital health at the FDA, and the boom in direct-to-consumer ...
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Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research

The completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 indicated that humans are 99.9 percent identical at the DNA level and that race has no genetic basis (Duello et al., 2021; NHGRI, n.d.). Most ...
nytimes.com

The Grip That Race and Identity Have on My Students

Mr. Williams is the author of the forthcoming “Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse.” See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra ...
The Atlantic

What Adding Race to BMI Can Do

In recent years, the perils of body mass index, or BMI, have become a hobbyhorse for professionals in several fields of medicine and research. For decades, doctors have used BMI to help diagnose and ...
Yahoo

Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'The Dying Tecumseh,' a marble sculpture at the Smithsonian, depicts the Shawnee leader in a heroic light. Frederick Pettrich, ...