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Estonians gave their DNA to science — now they’re learning their genetic secrets

Project covering one-fifth of the country’s population is one of the largest-ever efforts to share results on genetic health risks with research participants.
  1. Ewen Callaway
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While much of Europe is obsessing over this year’s European Football Championships, many Estonians — whose team didn’t qualify — are absorbed in their own genomes.

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Nature 631, 17 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02108-y

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  • Clarification 27 June 2024: An earlier version of this article stated that the All of Us study got a ‘stamp of approval’ from the US Food and Drug Administration. This has been amended to clarify that its discussions with the FDA are still ongoing.

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