The Unequal Promise of Polygenic Testing
TL;DR
In What We Inherit, researchers Martschenko and Trejo argue that polygenic scores and commercial genetic testing could widen social inequality and erode genetic diversity, even as some benefits remain uncertain; they call for stronger regulation, better science education, and a careful, equitable approach to deploying this technology.
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