Efforts to Include More People of Color in Genetic Research

Efforts from researchers try to include more people of color in genetic research that is taking place around the globe.

As reported by Pulitzer Prize winner, Kenneth J. Cooper, Stanford University geneticist, Carlos D. Bustamante, is leading an effort to include more Hispanics and African-Americans in genetic research critical to determining root causes of many diseases.  Dr. Bustamante has been critical of such research that has often focused largely on white populations.

"One of the reasons that researchers say they study white populations is that they're easier to study, they're more homogeneous, blah-blah-blah," Dr. Bustamante says in the article. "But it's really that they haven't really done enough to engage minority populations."