Using human genetics to improve safety assessment of therapeutics

KJ Carss, AM Deaton, A Del Rio-Espinola… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Human genetics research has discovered thousands of proteins associated with complex
and rare diseases. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and studies of Mendelian …

Five priorities of African genomics research: the next frontier

A Wonkam, NS Munung, C Dandara… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
To embrace the prospects of accurately diagnosing thousands of monogenic conditions,
predicting disease risks for complex traits or diseases, tailoring treatment to individuals' …

Genomics governance: advancing justice, fairness and equity through the lens of the African communitarian ethic of Ubuntu

NS Munung, J de Vries, B Pratt - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2021 - Springer
There is growing interest for a communitarian approach to the governance of genomics, and
for such governance to be grounded in principles of justice, equity and solidarity. However …

Benefit-Sharing by Design: A Call to Action for Human Genomics Research

AM Mc Cartney, AH Scholz, M Groussin… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The ethical standards for the responsible conduct of human research have come a long way;
however, concerns surrounding equity remain in human genetics and genomics research …

Genetic and genomic researchers' perspectives on biological sample sharing in collaborative research in Uganda: a qualitative study

D Kaawa-Mafigiri, D Ekusai Sebatta… - Journal of Empirical …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Numerous ethical, legal, and social issues arise with biological sample sharing. The study
explored the perspectives of genetic and genomic researchers on the sharing of biological …

The pitfalls of genomic data diversity

A Jabloner, A Walker - Hastings Center Report, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomedical research recruitment today focuses on including participants representative of
global genetic variation—rightfully so. But ethnographic attention to practices of inclusion …

Rethinking benefit sharing in collaborative human genetic research from an afrocommunitarian perspective

C Ewuoso, A Sudoi, D Kamuya - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This article draws on reflections about humanness, friendliness and partiality, in the writings
of Afro-communitarians to develop principles for thinking critically about why benefit sharing …

Rethinking benefit and responsibility in the context of diversity: Perspectives from the front lines of precision medicine research

EE Vasquez, N Foti, CE McMahon, M Jeske… - Public Health …, 2023 - karger.com
Introduction: Federal agencies have instituted guidelines to prioritize the enrollment and
retention of diverse participants in precision medicine research (PMR). Prior studies …

Conceptualizing fairness in the secondary use of health data for research: A scoping review

P Cervera De La Cruz, M Shabani - Accountability in Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
With the introduction of the European Health Data Space (EHDS), the secondary use of
health data for research purposes is attracting more attention. Secondary health data …

Towards equitable genomics governance in Africa: guiding principles from theories of global health governance and the African moral theory of Ubuntu

NS Munung, J de Vries, B Pratt - Bioethics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The post‐genomics era promises a revolution characterized by precision medicine and the
integration of genomics into almost every area of biomedical research. At the same time …