‘Ten Commandments’ of race and genetics issued

July 18, 2008 | Source: NewScientist.com news service

A multidisciplinary group focused on contentious issues related to race, genetic markers and medicine has released a set of 10 guiding principles for the scientific community.

The group–ranging from geneticists and psychologists to historians and philosophers–was led by anthropologist Sandra Soo-Jin Lee of Stanford University.

The guidelines include “members of the same race may have different underlying genetics,” and “oversimplified science feeds popular misconceptions.”