Diversifying Genetic Studies is Fundamental to the Advancement of Medicine
Genetic Diversity: The Imperative for Personalized Healthcare
Why We Must Broaden the Genetic Database to Benefit All of Humanity
As a passionate physician and an avid supporter of personalized healthcare systems, I’ve witnessed and read a few unsettling trends in the scientific domain that echo through the research institutions. These kinds of inclinations that, if not addressed, would potentially impact the very fabric of our healthcare system on the global stage.
The problem at our hands and about to slip is the glaring lack of diversity in genetic studies, an issue that stubbornly lingers despite our collective efforts to address it.
Imagine a world where every medical innovation, drug developed, and genetic insight is tailored for a single demographic.
Furthermore, how would that differentiate personalized healthcare that individualizes treatment to only a group where population health does much the same?
Such discriminatory scientific breakthrough leaves all others in the shadows of uncertainty and inequity. That is beyond mere dystopia fiction; it is the reality engraved in the heart that most genetic…
