The Myth of Race and Genetics @NEJMgroup
The Myth of Race and Genetics @NEJMgroup
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
We now know that humans are more than 99.9% genetically alike. So why does medicine still link certain diseases to race? And what do genetics actually tell us about race, ancestry, and disease?

A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2601980.
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