Stories
- Article
Why gene editing can never eliminate disability
In a world where DNA testing and gene editing offer ways to eliminate certain disabilities, Jaipreet Virdi explores a more accepting and inclusive approach.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Bureau of Human Heredity
Date: 1937-1946Reference: HALDANE/5/1/2/4Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Bureau of Human Heredity
Date: 1945-1947Reference: PENROSE/3/2/39Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
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Letter from the Bureau of Human Heredity to J B S Haldane
Date: 13 Nov 1945Reference: HALDANE/5/1/2/4/23Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
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Bureau of Human Heredity.
Date: 1936-1939Reference: SA/EUG/N.54Part of: Eugenics Society- Archives and manuscripts
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Draft programme of University of Glasgow extension lectures on Heredity and Human Affairs
Date: 1955Reference: UGC 198/8/1/14/2Part of: Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland