Genomics Has a Diversity Problem

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Skillshare is offering SciShow viewers two months of unlimited access to Skillshare for free! Try it here: skl.sh/scishow-15 Someday, the information in our genome could transform healthcare as we know it, but one major hurdle we have to get over is the lack of diversity in our studies. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/precisionmedicine/definition www.yalemedicine.org/stories/precision-medicine-with-genetics/ ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/precisionmedicine/challenges www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354806/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK236531/ journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001918 www.ucsf.edu/news/2015/12/401156/diversity-medical-research-long-way-study-shows www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0501 www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/CHDIReport.html www.kff.org/disparities-policy/report/key-facts-on-health-and-health-care-by-race-and-ethnicity/ www.nap.edu/read/24624/chapter/5 www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/DNA-Sequencing-Costs-Data www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494865/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5958914/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5614884/ www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161011090140.htm www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/grc/human www.nature.com/articles/s41588-018-0273-y www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20363/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750478/ www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1507092 www.technologyreview.com/s/612322/white-people-only-dna-tests-show-how-unequal-science-has-become/ www.ucsf.edu/news/2016/05/402761/most-asthma-research-may-not-apply-african-american-children www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354806/ www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674(19)30231-4 www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05188-3 allofus.nih.gov/ www.genomeasia100k.com/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4563526/ www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1595 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5097932/ www.ashg.org/press/201904-hgsi.shtml www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5089703/

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