1.It
has not been shown that the clinical
phenotype that responds to BiDil is exclusive to “African Americans” - ?
Presumably Afro-North Americans (?
Connotation for ALL “Blacks” – meaning
– description of traits ? Designation of ancestry?).
2.All
adult biology is not inherited and group genealogically specific, the assumption when the words “race” or
“genetic” are invoked to
explain group differences.
• WE MUST NOT IGNORE THE DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF DISEASE, OR THE LATER ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CLINICAL PHENOTYPE
3There
is no evidence for linkage of genes responsible for traits like variations in skin color with those possibly
connected to particular
causes of heart failure.