Stories
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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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Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
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The quest to breed gifted children
If you had the chance, would you choose a genius baby?
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A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
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Request for a grant for an image system for research in, 'Human gene mapping and sequencing' by Ferguson-Smith, Dr Nabeel Ahmed Affara, and Dr Nigel Paul Carter, 1989, Medical Research Council
Date: 8 Nov 1989-23 Apr 1992Reference: UGC 188/2/1/1/9Part of: Papers of Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith, geneticist, Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland- Archives and manuscripts
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'A feasibility study of the use of flow-sorted chromosomes for rapid gene mapping' by Ferguson-Smith and Dr Nigel Paul Carter, 1990-1991, Medical Research Council
Date: Oct 1990Reference: UGC 188/2/1/1/11Part of: Papers of Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith, geneticist, Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland- Books
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Human gene mapping workshops c.1973-c.1991 : the transcript of a Witness Seminar held by the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, Queen Mary University of London, on 25 March 2014 / edited by E.M. Jones and E M Tansey.
Date: 2015- Archives and manuscripts
Volume 54. 'Human Gene Mapping Workshops C. 1973 - C. 1991'
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 2013 - 2015Reference: GC/253/A/54Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Archives and manuscripts
Human Genome Mapping Project
Date: 1990-2003Reference: PP/MIA/G/1/2Part of: Professor Michael Ashburner: archives