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Published online 29 October 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news011101-7
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Race is a poor prescription
Ethnicity cannot predict drug success.
Race should not influence drug prescriptions, warn geneticists. Genetic differences between individuals give a better indication of who will respond well to a medicine, a new study shows.
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