The ACCOuNT Consortium: A Model for the Discovery, Translation, and Implementation of Precision Medicine in African Americans

• Main Authors: Paula N. Friedman (Author), Mohammed Shaazuddin (Author), Li Gong (Author), Robert L. Grossman (Author), Arthur F. Harralson (Author), Teri E. Klein (Author), Norman H. Lee (Author), Doriane C. Miller (Author), Edith A. Nutescu (Author), Travis J. O'Brien (Author), Peter H. O'Donnell (Author), Kevin J. O'Leary (Author), Matthew Tuck (Author), David O. Meltzer (Author), Minoli A. Perera (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The majority of pharmacogenomic (PGx) studies have been conducted on European ancestry populations, thereby excluding minority populations and impeding the discovery and translation of African American-specific genetic variation into precision medicine. Without accounting for variants found in Afric...