Many Factors Influence Minorities' Low Participation In Medical Research

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The Sacramento Bee on Tuesday examined minorities' participation in medical research. While government-funded research has worked to recruit more minorities, trials run by the pharmaceutical industry are less diverse, according to Ken Getz, senior research fellow at the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. Only about 15% of drug trials are funded by the federal government, Getz said.
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