种族医学文章:争议的焦点

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乔纳森·卡恩撰写的文章 《瓶子里的种族》 对首个民族药物(一种针对非裔美国人的心力衰竭药物)的批准进行了批判性分析。 这篇文章立即引起了药物制造商 NitroMed 和黑人心脏病学家协会的反应,它们都为将自我认同的种族指定为一种不完美但仍然有用的手段进行辩护,以此来确定人群内的遗传变异,并因此确定药物反应的差异,而这些差异证明了 FDA 的批准是合理的。《瓶子里的种族》可供读者免费阅读。 我们还在 InFocus 特色栏目中加入了 一系列回应和相关链接。 读者可以访问来自 NitroMed、黑人心脏病学家协会和作者回复的回应。 我们对读者对这个极具争议性话题的意见非常感兴趣。

Gary Stix, senior editor of mind and brain topics at 大众科学, edits and reports on emerging advances that have propelled brain science to the forefront of the biological sciences. Stix has edited or written cover stories, feature articles and news on diverse topics, ranging from what happens in the brain when a person is immersed in thought to the impact of brain implant technology that alleviates mood disorders such as depression. Before taking over the neuroscience beat, Stix, as 大众科学's special projects editor, was responsible for the magazine's annual single-topic special issues, conceiving of and producing issues on Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, climate change and nanotechnology. One special issue he oversaw on the topic of time in all of its manifestations won a National Magazine Award. With his wife Miriam Lacob, Stix is co-author of a technology primer called Who Gives a Gigabyte? A Survival Guide for the Technologically Perplexed.

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