Asthma is the leading chronic disease among children, and also the most racially disparate. Black children are among the most affected population, but are severely underrepresented in clinical and genetic studies. In a recent news story, KQED, interviewed the Asthma Collaboratory for our insight in response to our recent publication in immunogenetics.
Read more here: KQED Science – Blacks Die From Asthma at Steep Rates, But Are Absent From Many Studies
Associated Publications:
- White, M.J., et al. Novel genetic risk factors for asthma in African American children: Precision Medicine and the SAGE II Study. Immunogenetics 68, 391–400 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00251-016-0914-1