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Human Metabolome Reference Database in a Biracial Cohort across the Adult Lifespan
Metabolites, 2023 As one of the OMICS in systems biology, metabolomics defines the metabolome and simultaneously quantifies numerous metabolites that are final or intermediate products and effectors of upstream biological processes.
Qu Tian +9 more
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arXiv, 2021 Richard C. Lewontin is arguably the most influential evolutionary biologist of the second half of the 20th century. In this chapter, I provide two windows on his influential 1972 article "The Apportionment of Human Diversity": First, I show how the fourteen publications that he cites influenced him and framed his exploration; second, I present close ...
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A systematic review of guidelines for the use of race, ethnicity, and ancestry reveals widespread consensus but also points of ongoing disagreement [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 The use of population descriptors like race, ethnicity, and ancestry in science, medicine and public health has a long, complicated, and at times dark history, particularly for genetics, given the field's perceived importance for understanding between-group differences.
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Reflections on race, ethnicity, and NIH research awards
Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2022 It has been a decade since “Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards” was published. Receiving the American Society for Cell Biology Public Service Award allows me to reflect on this research and its impact.
D. Ginther
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Mind the gap: how multiracial individuals get left behind when we talk about race, ethnicity, and ancestry in genomic research [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 It is widely acknowledged that there is a diversity problem in genomics stemming from the vast underrepresentation of non-European genetic ancestry populations. While many challenges exist to address this gap, a major complicating factor is the misalignment between (1) how society defines and labels individuals; (2) how populations are defined for ...
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The outstanding scientist, R.A. Fisher: his views on eugenics and race
Heredity, 2021 R.A. Fisher was one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century (Fig. 1). He was a man of extraordinary ability and originality whose scientific contributions ranged over a very wide area of science, from biology through statistics to ideas on ...
Walter F. Bodmer +6 more
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The Effect of Insurance and Race on Breast Cancer Tumor Biology and Short-Term Outcomes
The American surgeon, 2018 To determine whether low-income status as demonstrated by insurance type has any association with aggressive tumor biology and breast cancer outcomes. Retrospective review of 535 women with new diagnosis of breast cancer from January 2009 to March 2013 ...
L. Samiian +5 more
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What are the principles that govern life?
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2020 We know that living matter must behave in accordance with the universal laws of physics and chemistry. However, these laws are insufficient to explain the specific characteristics of the vital phenomenon and, therefore, we need new principles, intrinsic ...
Jaime Gómez-Márquez
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Clinical pharmacology and therapy, 2022 The relationship between race and biology is complex. In contemporary medical science, race is a social construct that is measured via self‐identification of study participants. But even though race has no biological essence, it is often used as variable
M. Bakkum +15 more
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Dualismos em duelo Dueling dualism
Cadernos Pagu, 2002 Os modos europeus e norte-americanos de entender como funciona o mundo dependem em grande parte do uso de dualismos - pares de conceitos, objetos ou sistemas de crenças opostos. Este ensaio enquadra especialmente três deles: sexo/gênero, natureza/criação
Anne Fausto-Sterling
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