遗传血统是消除健康差异的工具吗？

Is genetic ancestry a tool to combat health disparities?

机构信息

Center for Genetic Medicine and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.

出版信息

Cell. 2021 Apr 15;184(8):1964-1965. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.038.

DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.038

PMID:33861960

Abstract

The use of race and ethnicity in medicine has become a matter of intense debate. Currently the social construct of race and ethnicity is far from precise, serving as a poor proxy for ancestry. In this issue of Cell, Belbin et al. provide an interesting framework for better characterizing population substructure in a diverse urban environment.

摘要

种族和民族在医学中的使用已经成为一个激烈争论的问题。目前，种族和民族的社会构建远非精确，它们作为祖先的一个糟糕替代品。在本期《细胞》杂志上，Belbin 等人提供了一个有趣的框架，用于更好地描述多样化城市环境中的人群亚结构。