Article provides a comparative analysis of guidelines from Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States for research involving Indigenous peoples. Identifies areas that need attention, support Indigenous-led governance, and advocates for research policy framework for genomic research and health care that has international relevance for Indigenous peoples.

Summarizes the data gathered and concludes distribution of the disease is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors.

Consolidation of three previous documents: Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions, Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge, and Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources.

Study to diagnose diabetes in Dogrib adults living in several settlements in the Canadian Northwest Territories.

Overview of the Convention on Biological Diversity including the history, worldwide importance of the convention and Indigenous Peoples participation.

Reasons for poor health among the Indigenous groups (about 200 million) around the world.

Presents a new variant in the HNF-1α gene.

Explains that even though there was a fourfold increase in the number of specimens tested for anti-hepatitis C virus between 1995 and 2003 there was a decrease in newly identified cases.

Identification of a new genetic mutation which results in the substitution of serine for glycine.

Tests and compares three populations in Native American genetic history for complex whole tooth structure to understand human diversity.

Study recommends that all females of Inuit origin receive genetic counselling and screening for the p.Cys39Gly mutation.

Findings indicate individuals with four Nenet grandparents had a 90% probability of having adult-type hypolactsia while those with only one Nenet grandparent had only a 28% chance.

Genetic analysis suggests that modern Amerindian populations are derived from a common ancestral population which likely displayed a similar degree and pattern of DRBl diversity as a result of a founder effect.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 1999.

Discussion of mutations that affect the onset of type 2 diabetes.

Genetic testing revealed that the Swedish Sami population is unique compared to the other Swedish subpopulations.

Tests the social networking theory that farmers in two communities use relationships to mitigate risks in the adoption of commercial seeds and build greater support systems.

Population genetics: an early study of albinism and its high frequency among the Hopi Indians.

Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2012.

Study looks at why diabetes is five times higher then the national average in Sandy Lake a reserve in northern Ontario.

Results found almost two-thirds of the cervical cancers had detectable HPV (human papillomavirus) types 16 or 18.

GM haplotype frequencies used to determine geographic migrations. Geographic and language played an important part in genetic diversity.

Explains the symptoms and causes of the disease and how the extended Australian Aboriginal family unit is better equipped to support suffers of the disease.

History of the Huntington gene being introduced to Australia.

Findings emphasize the role for the dysferlin gene as being responsible for both Limb Girdle Muscular Dystroply (LGMD2B) and Miyoshi Myopathy (MM).

Discusses the photo-documentation of Native American Indians of mixed-race and the politics associated with cultural identity in American society.

Study confirms an association of DRB1*0901 genotypes with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).

Schedule of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7PCV) and 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (23PPV) for Australian Aboriginal infants in 2001 and found that this population will produce an immunce reponse to 7PCV and 23PPV.

Findings suggest British Columbia was repopulated by peoples from the north and culturally distinct peoples from the south.

Examines serum-immunoglobulin levels and found that they were higher in Métis (Cree) communities than the general population.

Findings from a study of 100 children revealed that children with uncontrolled brochial asthma have higher CD cell counts.

Although findings suggest First Nations people produce less IL-10, which appears to be beneficial in hepatitis infection, it could negatively impact other disease outcomes.

Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2014.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis with a concentration in Ecopsychology (Ph.D.)--Union Institute and University, 2003.

Discusses blood samples ostensibly taken from the Nuu-chah nulth tribe for arthritis research, later used for other purposes without subjects' consent.

Provides summaries of the conference speaker's presentations held in Sydney, Australia. One speaker stated that between 99.8% and 99.9% of the human genome is identical, therefore we are much more alike than different.

Introductory discussion of the issue, politics and definitional problems, and who is involved, followed by examples of use and misuse of knowledge and cultural expressions, the potential problems and benefits of current proposals, and future directions.

Identifies cultural principles to consider when assessing students for special education classes.

Authors feel that relationships themselves between researchers and community members should take precedence over the status of DNA itself.

Divided into seven sections: Legal Frameworks and Analysis; DNA and Property Rights; Historical and Theoretical Accounts of Intellectual Property Rights; Case Studies; Biological Resources and Ethnomedicine; Websites on Intellectual Property Rights and Related Issues; and Organizations.

Findings indicate the main factor concerning lighter skin is ability to synthesize vitamin D to resist rickets.

Examines the bio-prospecting/bio-piracy debate in the context of traditional knowledge as an important component in an aboriginal economic development strategy.

Outlines challenges associated with the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and gives highlights of each article in the issue.

Gives introduction to the committee, its current activities and future expectations. To access this article scroll down to page 64.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2001.

Study conducted on the Six Nations and New Credit reserves. Results suggest that yeast populations from Indigenous communities in North America may be unique and relatively rare.

Study identified a missense mutation in two index cases from a northern British Columbia Gitxsan First Nation community which likely increases susceptibility to arrhythmias. Twenty relatives were found to carry the same mutation, while 102 relatives were without the mutation. The identification of this mutation allows diagnosis of a predisposition to the syndrome and medical management.