Why Africa is key to advancing rare disease diagnosis

Databases containing the medical and genomic data that facilitate the diagnosis of rare diseases contain almost exclusively data from populations of European origin. Read this article from El PAIS on the importance of diversifying genetic research and genomic databases for the benefit of all populations.

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Las bases de datos que contienen los datos médicos y genómicos que facilita el diagnóstico de las enfermedades raras albergan de forma casi exclusiva datos provenientes de poblaciones de origen europeo