Genetic Insights About Health Risks Limited By Lack Of Diversity, Study Finds

(By Zhai Yun Tan for Kaiser Health News)

For consumers, the idea of getting a genetic test to determine risks for hereditary diseases is becoming an increasingly common proposition, but new research suggests that sometimes the accuracy of those results may depend on what ethnicity you are. Continue reading article here……

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