National
Desk
| May 27, 2003, Tuesday
DNA of
Blacks To Be Gathered To Fight Illness
By ANDREW POLLACK (NYT) 1094 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A ,
Page 1 , Column 5
ABSTRACT
- Howard Univ plans to create nation's
largest repository of DNA from
African-Americans, saying black people are
in danger of being left behind at newest
frontier of medical research; samples would
be used to find genes involved in diseases
with particularly high rates among blacks
like hypertension and diabetes; plan is to
gather blood samples or cheek swabs from
25,000 people over five years, mainly
patients at hospitals associated with Howard
College of Medicine; Dr Floyd J Malveaux,
dean of medical school, says health concerns
of blacks have often not received enough
attention; genetic studies of ethnic groups
raise concerns because of fears that they
could be used or distorted to justify
discrimination against group or to promote
stereotypes; international project to study
genetic differences among ethnic populations
was abandoned in 1990's after some groups
argued that information might be used to
exploit them; Dr Randall W Maxey, president
of National Medical Assn, which represents
black doctors, says involvement of Howard
should allay fears that information might be
misused (M) Saying black people are in
danger of being left behind at the newest
frontier of medical research, Howard
University plans to create the nation's
largest repository of DNA from
African-Americans.
The samples would be used to find genes
involved in diseases with particularly high
rates among blacks like hypertension and
diabetes.
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