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In a peer-reviewed medical study, a team of researchers from 23andMe, one of whom (Noura Abul-Husn) is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Genetics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, criticized guidelines and policies that restrict Tay-Sachs genetic screening to Jews, French Canadians, and Cajuns. [57]
Ethiopian Jews share genetic characteristics with neighboring African populations, reflecting their regional origins, [109] while Indian Jews, such as the Bene Israel and Cochin Jews, predominantly show indigenous maternal lineages, alongside some shared Jewish genetic markers. [106]
Dor Yeshorim (Hebrew: דור ישרים) also called Committee for Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases, is a nonprofit organization that offers genetic screening to members of the Jewish community worldwide. Its objective is to minimize, and eventually eliminate, the incidence of genetic disorders common to Jewish people, such as Tay–Sachs ...
The Program for Jewish Genetic Health is a centralized resource for the Jewish community, addressing all health concerns related to the medical genetics of the Jewish people. The Program's stated mission is to protect the health of the current Jewish community and its future generations.
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Jewish communities are comparatively well informed about genetics research, and have been supportive of community efforts to study and prevent genetic diseases. [192] The result is a form of ascertainment bias. This has sometimes created an impression that Jews are more susceptible to genetic disease than other populations. [192]
A video making the rounds on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube claims that Bayer, the German pharmaceutical company, was involved in deadly medical testing on Auschwitz prisoners during the Holocaust.
Ashkenazi Jews have been screened as Tay–Sachs carriers since carrier testing began in 1971. Since the 1970s, many Jewish communities have embraced genetic screening, and in 1971, Israel became the first country to offer free genetic screening [1] and counseling for Tay–Sachs disease and other diseases, leading to international discussion about the proper scope of genetic testing.