Polygenic scores trained on European datasets underperform in non‑European populations, yet institutions often deny biologically meaningful group differences. Embryo‑selection tools thus work best for Europeans, creating a two‑tier system while exposing a contradiction between practice and prevailing narratives.
— It forces regulators, clinicians, and media to confront ancestry‑specific performance and its ethical and political implications for equity and how we talk about race and genetics.
2025.10.07
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The article’s 'Race Transferability Paradox' framing and Herasight’s own benchmarks showing significantly lower PGS accuracy outside white British ancestry.
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