Monthly Archives: November 2018

Challenges to globalizing genetic predictions of health and disease

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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have given us unprecedented insight into heritable traits and diseases. However, because the vast majority of studies have used European cohorts, the results of GWAS paint a biased picture and cannot always be generalized to other populations. Research published today in Genome Biology explores these biases, finding that genetic predictions of disease risks can be grossly misestimated.

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