NIH’s All of Us Research Program Returns Results to Participants

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The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program is returning personalized health-related DNA results to more than 155,000 participants, with reports detailing whether participants have an increased risk for specific health conditions and how their body might process certain medications.

The All of Us Reasearch Program aims to partner with at least 1 million people who reflect the diversity of the United States to accelerate medical discoveries. About 80% of All of Us participants represent communities that have been historically underrepresented in medical research, and nearly 50% of All of Us participants identify with a racial or ethnic minority group. The program started returning genetic ancestry and trait results to participants in December 2020. So far, the program has offered genetic ancestry and traits results to more than 175,000 participants and continues to return about 6,000 results each month.

To learn more about the the All of Us Reasearch Program and it’s efforts to return genetic health related results to participants, visit nih.gov/news-events.