Policy, legal approaches key to health equity in precision medicine

(University of Minnesota) Genomics has a diversity problem. Despite the dazzling promise of genetically-tailored treatments and therapies, fundamental questions remain about whether precision medicine will advance health equity or make disparities worse. On Nov. 29, 2018, a national conference and webcast at Meharry Medical College in Nashville will be the first to focus on the role law and policy must play to ensure precision medicine increases health equity and access.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news