Increasing public interest in direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic ancestry testing has been
accompanied by growing concern about issues ranging from the personal and societal …

Genomic research is one of the tools for elucidating the pathogenesis of diseases of global
health relevance and paving the research dimension to clinical and public health translation …

Environmental factors and gene-environment interactions modify the variable expressivity,
progression, severity, and onset of some classic (monogenic) Mendelian-inherited genetic …

Health care providers have long struggled with the utility of race in the prescribing and
dosing of medications. It is widely accepted that self-identified race often correlates with …

Controversies over race conceptualizations have been ongoing for centuries and have been
shaped, in part, by anthropologists. Objective To assess anthropologists' views on race …

This article assesses anthropological thinking about the race concept and its applications.
Drawn from a broader national survey of geneticists' and anthropologists' views on race, in …

Purpose: Discussions about direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA ancestry tests have to date been
based primarily on conjectures, speculation, and anecdotes, despite the industry being more …

Little is known about the lay public's awareness and attitudes concerning genetic testing and
what factors influence their perspectives. The existing literature focuses mainly on ethnic …

Over the past decade, the proliferation of genetic studies on human health and disease has
reinvigorated debates about the appropriate role of race and ancestry in research and …

Objectives. Sickle cell disease (SCD) has a distinctive social history that continues to
influence research and clinical practice related to the disease. Despite the historical link …