General Correspondence

File consists of papers and general correspondence related to the seminar on, "Genetic Testing", which was held at the Wellcome Institute on 13 July 2001. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published as Volume 17 of the Witness Seminar series, D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey (editors), Genetic Testing, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2003).

Details of the seminar correspondence, primarily between the chair (Professor Marcus Pembrey), organisers of the meeting (Professor Doris Zallen and Dr Daphne Christie), editors of the published transcript (D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey) and others include:

List of attendees, suggested outline of meeting, control sheets concerning feedback on transcripts and marketing leaflets for the meeting.

Handwritten notes and copies of e-mails regarding the organisation of the meeting and notes between the organisers and editors regarding the transcript and accommodating people's comments.

Other documents include:

Professor Rodney Harris's typed document titled, "Immunogenetics and the Human Genome Programme have Created an Overwhelming Need for Genetic Literacy Amongst Health Care Providers".

Reprint of the article, Joy D.A. Delhanty, J.R. Ellis, P.T. Rowley, "Triploid Cells in a Human Embryo", The Lancet, p.1286, 10 June 1961.

Reprint of the article, L.S. Penrose, and Joy D.A. Delhanty, "Triploid Cell Cultures from a Macerated Foetus", The Lancet, pp.1261-1262, 10 June 1961.

Reprint of the article, J.D.A. Delhanty, "Preimplantation Diagnosis", Prenatal Diagnosis, vol.14, pp.1217-1227, 1994.

A printed graph provided by Professor Derek Roberts, figure 1, titled, "Discovery of the Major Polymorphisms: (i) Red Cell Blood Groups".

A printed graph provided by Professor Derek Roberts, figure 2, titled, "Discovery of the Major Polymorphisms: (ii) Gm Allotypes".

A printed graph provided by Professor Derek Roberts, figure 3, titled, "Discovery of the Major Polymorphisms: (iii) Biochemical".