It’s time to incorporate diversity into our basic science and disease models

To address health disparities and facilitate increasingly personalized treatments, we need to develop new models for basic and disease research that reflect diverse ancestral backgrounds and sex, and ensure that diverse populations are included among donors and research participants.

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Published inNature cell biology Vol. 23; no. 12; pp. 1213 - 1214
Main Authors Horwitz, Rick, Riley, Ekemini A. U., Millan, Maria T., Gunawardane, Ruwanthi N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.12.2021
Nature Publishing Group
Subjects
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Alzheimer's disease
Analysis
Biological research
Biology
Biology, Experimental
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedical research
Biomedical Research - methods
Cancer Research
Cell Biology
Cell Line
Comment
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cultural Diversity
Developmental Biology
Genetic Background
Genetics
Health care disparities
Health disparities
Humans
Initiatives
Life Sciences
Medical genetics
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Mutation
Pandemics
Parkinson's disease
Patient Selection
Precision Medicine - methods
Racial Groups - genetics
Research Subjects - classification
Science
Stem Cells
United States
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Summary:To address health disparities and facilitate increasingly personalized treatments, we need to develop new models for basic and disease research that reflect diverse ancestral backgrounds and sex, and ensure that diverse populations are included among donors and research participants.
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ISSN:1465-7392
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DOI:10.1038/s41556-021-00803-w