Missing in Action: African Ancestry Brain Research

Missing in Action: African Ancestry Brain Research

Individuals of African ancestry have been starkly underrepresented in the pursuit of personalized medicine for brain illnesses. The African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative will seek to generate much-needed brain gene and protein expression profiles for people of African ancestry. Individua...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2020-08, Vol.107 (3), p.407-411
Hauptverfasser: Weinberger, Daniel R., Dzirasa, Kafui, Crumpton-Young, Lesia L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
African Continental Ancestry Group
Biomedical Research
Brain
Brain Diseases
Brain research
Consortia
Disease
Gene expression
Genealogy
Genetic research
Genomes
Haplotypes
Humans
Minority & ethnic groups
Nervous system
Neurosciences
Patient Selection
Population
Precision Medicine
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Suicides & suicide attempts
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Zusammenfassung:Individuals of African ancestry have been starkly underrepresented in the pursuit of personalized medicine for brain illnesses. The African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative will seek to generate much-needed brain gene and protein expression profiles for people of African ancestry. Individuals of African ancestry have been starkly underrepresented in the pursuit of personalized medicine for brain illnesses. The African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative will seek to generate much-needed brain gene and protein expression profiles for people of African ancestry.
ISSN:0896-6273
1097-4199
DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.008