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And Now Even Stem Cells ...

... lack ?diversity.? A research team from the University of Michigan

analyzed 47 embryonic stem cell lines and found that most were derived from donors of northern and western European ancestry. None of the lines were from people of recent African ancestry, from Pacific Islanders, or from populations indigenous to the Americas, the researchers said.

This article from the University of Michigan News Service reports on the findings of the research team, and includes photographs of the team members. None of them is ?diverse.?

Full post as published by Discriminations on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).