Bridging the Gap In Neuroscience & African Ancestry America’s First African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative

https://aanri.org/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9E6RsjkbCNPt60rPlnxd8QyBA94bOFYHcoc_wjY3diVxXvn4ZEIWfpcN0ygee0mcDXAh7htPUrcpDnvTn8arQSgN8YbA&_hsmi=312191336&utm_content=312191336&utm_source=hs_email New research aims to close the racial gap in neuroscience data In neuroscience research, data is typically dominated by participants with European descent. This limits the potential for researchers to investigate disparities in neurological diseases — Black Americans are 20% more likely to experience major mental health problems, and twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. But one new study is making strides to change that. More than 100 Black people in Baltimore donated the brains of their deceased loved ones for the study, published in Nature Neuroscience last month. It’s the first major undertaking from the African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative — a collaboration between the Lieber Institute for Brain Development, local community leaders, and Morgan State University, a historically Black research university in the city. The study’s findings could have implications for future personalized therapies informed by genetic ancestry. Read more on what researchers learned from STAT’s Alia Sajani. https://www.statnews.com/?p=1171741&utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8_fSdZtpF1kRbyXaDeryBtcOEWyxVuLV7PmZMTM96lvTvO8H0rKS-9BYEdM9B9I_NmYy3x_JR7zyDCsrRrltEF3RGosQ&_hsmi=312191336&utm_content=312191336&utm_source=hs_email