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.
- Photo story
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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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies
Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.
Catalogue
- Books
Genetic diseases and developmental disabilities : aspects of detection and prevention / edited by Tamah L. Sadick and Siegfried M. Pueschel.
Date: 1979- Archives and manuscripts
Negative Print of a Section from "Genetic Linkage in Graded Human Characters"
Date: c.1943Reference: PENROSE/2/23/2/4Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Books
On lumpers and splitters, or the nosology of genetic disease / Victor A. McKusick.
McKusick, Victor A. (Victor Almon), 1921-2008Date: 1985- Archives and manuscripts
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Typescript Papers on Genetic Sex-Linkage
Date: 1944-1961Reference: PENROSE/2/23/3Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
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Working Papers and Typescripts on Genetic Linkage
Date: 1942-1943Reference: PENROSE/2/23/2Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers