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Researchers Are Figuring Out How African Ancestry Can Affect Certain Brain Disorders

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Exploring Genetic Influences on Brain Health Through Ancestry

This chapter explores the challenges and implications of incorporating race in scientific studies on brain disorders and health disparities. It emphasizes the importance of self-identified race in research while highlighting a study that investigates the impacts of ancestry on gene expression, stressing the need for trust within the Black community.

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