Intention to Treat

The Myth of Race and Genetics

June 10, 2026·26 min
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We now know that humans are more than 99.9% genetically alike. So why does medicine still link certain diseases to race? And what do genetics actually tell us about race, ancestry, and disease? A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2601980.

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