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Importance of Including Non-European Populations in Large Human Genetic Studies to Enhance Precision Medicine.
Annual review of biomedical data science - 10 Aug 2022
Ju Dan, Hui Daniel, Hammond Dorothy A, Wonkam Ambroise, Tishkoff Sarah A
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One goal of genomic medicine is to uncover an individual's genetic risk for disease, which generally requires data connecting genotype to phenotype, as done in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). While there may be clinical promise to employing prediction tools such as polygenic risk scores (PRS), it currently stands that individuals of non-European ancestry may not reap the benefits of genomic medicine...
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