Stories
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Equality in genetics
Genetic counsellor Sasha Henriques harnessed her energy and resolve to tackle the racial biases she saw in her profession – with positive and promising results.
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Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona
Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.
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Wool, fleas, plague
During the bubonic plague epidemic of 1665-6, the residents of Eyam in Derbyshire quarantined themselves to help prevent the disease spreading. Simon Norfolk tells the story of this small community’s sacrifice.
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Bringing biotech to the people
Amateur scientists have inspired all kinds of frightening scenarios, from Frankenstein’s monster to ‘The Fly’ and ‘Breaking Bad’. But it can be a force for good. Today’s DIYbio enthusiasts are having fun – and even making lucrative breakthrough discoveries.
Catalogue
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Genetics and public health in the 21st century : using genetic information to improve health and prevent disease / edited by Muin J. Khoury, Wylie Burke, Elizabeth J. Thomson.
Date: 2000- Books
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On the nature and treatment of hereditary disease : with reference to a correlation of morbific forces / by J.M. Winn.
Winn, James M. (James Michell), 1808-1900.Date: 1869- Books
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Nonnulla de praedispositione hereditaria : dissertatio inauguralis medico-pathologica ... / auctor Bernhardus Preiss.
Preiss, Bernhard.Date: 1830- Books
Genetic twists of fate / Stanley Fields and Mark Johnston.
Fields, Stanley.Date: [2010], ©2010- Books
Genes and common diseases / Alan Wright, Nicholas Hastie ; foreword by David J. Weatherall.
Wright, Alan F., MRC.Date: 2007