Nature is nowhere accustomed more openly to display her secret mysteries than in cases
where she shows tracings of her workings apart from the beaten paths; nor is there any …

In the late 1890'sa department of sanitary science was set up by Queen's University. It
developed into the university department of Social and Preventative Medicine and out of this …

Medical advances in the field of genomics are progressing at an almost unimaginable
speed. There are clear expectations that genomic technologies will 'transform'medical care …

James Le Fanu1 writes sagely. Many geneticists have fundamentally misunderstood the
nature of human chronic disease. They have been successful in finding the basis of clinical …

The completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP) has changed how human health and
disease is viewed. 1 Physician assistants (PAs) practicing in this postgenomic age of …

Despite much journalistic hyperbole, the publication last year of nearly complete sequences
of the human genome1, 2 did not mean that the practice of medicine would be abruptly and …

Genetics is rarely out of the headlines. Almost every day there is a new story either
promising the earth or threatening the end of civilisation as we know it. When the “first draft” …

Virtually all medical specialties are impacted by genetic disease. Enhanced understanding
of the role of genetics in human disease, coupled with rapid advancement in sequencing …

When the NHS was founded 75 years ago would anybody have guessed, in the unlikely
event that they asked the question, that this month's JRSM would feature articles on carbon …

ANYONE WHO HAS BROWSED THE HUMAN GENOME SEQUENCE CAN READILY
appreciate its immense power and potential as well as its staggering complexity, and …