Mayo Clinic research discovers lower-quality genomic sequencing data.

Genomic data disparities among racial groups
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Mayo Clinic researchers studied the differences in genomic data quality among racial groups in one of the largest and most widely used cancer research datasets, The Cancer Genome Atlas. They found lower quality genomic sequencing data in self-reported Black patients and patients of African ancestry.

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