Am J Hum Genet. 2023 Mar 2;110(3):375-376. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.02.006.
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)-and the research community it supports-believes in the power of human genetics to advance science, health, and society. However, ASHG and the field have failed to acknowledge, fully and consistently, the misuse of human genetics to serve unjust ends or take action to denounce such use. As the community's oldest and largest professional society, ASHG also has been late in making explicit efforts to integrate equity, diversity, and inclusion into its values, programs, and voice. The Society affirmatively seeks to reckon with, and sincerely apologizes for, its involvement in and silence on the misuse of human genetics research to justify and contribute to injustices in all forms. It commits to sustain and expand its integration of equitable and just principles in the study and use of human genetics research, taking both immediate actions and swiftly determining longer-term goals it will set to realize the benefits of human genetics and genomics research for all.
美国人类遗传学会(ASHG)及其支持的研究界相信人类遗传学有能力推动科学、健康和社会的发展。然而,ASHG 和该领域未能充分和始终如一地承认将人类遗传学用于不正当目的的滥用,并采取行动谴责这种滥用。作为该领域历史最悠久、规模最大的专业学会,ASHG 在明确努力将公平、多样性和包容性纳入其价值观、项目和声音方面也一直滞后。该学会积极寻求正视并真诚地为其参与和对人类遗传学研究的滥用保持沉默而道歉,这种滥用曾用于证明和助长各种形式的不公正。该学会承诺维持并扩大其在人类遗传学研究中纳入公平和公正原则的工作,同时采取直接行动,并迅速确定更长期的目标,以实现人类遗传学和基因组学研究为所有人带来的利益。