Important, Not Important

129. Indigenous DNA

12.21.2021 - By Important, Not ImportantPlay

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Krystal Tsosie, a geneticist, bioethicist, and—first and foremost to her—indigenous to the southwestern United States, specifically the Navajo nation. Most of us are aware of the vast disparities in health studies across diverse genetic backgrounds, but you may not be aware of how hard this is hitting the indigenous populations or what’s being done to address it.

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