Leave no patient behind: lessons from genetics on the risks of biased data
Are unrepresentative datasets exacerbating health inequalities? Genetic researcher and data analyst Karen Hodgson considers the issues for new technologies.
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Are unrepresentative datasets exacerbating health inequalities? Genetic researcher and data analyst Karen Hodgson considers the issues for new technologies.
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