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A Common CD36 Variant and the Genetic Landscape of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Individuals of African Ancestry.

Including African ancestry individuals in genetic research reveals new heart disease risk factors previously missed.

The abstract reports these findings reshape the known genetic architecture of DCM in individuals of African ancestry and highlight the importance of representation in genomic research. This PubMed record was retained because it is relevant to genomics/precision medicine.

What the study was

Study design
Cohort study
Category
Genomics/Precision Medicine
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
JAMA

Why it surfaced

Cohort study relevant to Precision oncology and genomic medicine; scored conservatively from the PubMed abstract.

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