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EPISODE · Jun 10, 2026 · 26 MIN

The Myth of Race and Genetics

from Intention to Treat · host NEJM Group

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 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2601980.

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