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The NHS in the era of genetics: Implications for community practitioners
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Genetics is here to stay, and with the publication of a new government White Paper, the NHS is preparing for a new era in healthcare provision as the clinical applications of genetic research continue to expand. HILARY BURTON, consultant in public health medicine, Public Health Genetics Unit, LYNNE WATSON, health visitor for children with special needs, Richmond and Twickenham PCT, and PHILIPPA BRICE, scientific officer, Public Health Genetics Unit, look at the implications for healthcare pro...
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The promise of genetics. (includes related article on future foods)
The Futurist
; The twenty-first century may prove to be the Age of the Gene. Biotechnology promises dramatic improvements in agriculture, health care, manufacturing, and even human beings themselves. Genetics will be a key enabling technology of the twenty-first century, rivaling information technology, materials
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Genetics 101.(Brief article)(Book review)
The Science Teacher
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Genetics 101 by Michael Windelspecht $49.95. 195 pp. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT. 2007. ISBN: 9780313333811. The Science 101 series is intended to provide readers with an overview of the basic foundations of specific disciplines. Through simple, direct text and careful
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City's genetics education coup puts it at the cutting edge; In an article written exclusively for The Birmingham Post, Health Secretary John Reid explains why Birmingham's new national genetic centre will be so important for the future of healthcare.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; Byline: John Reid 'Today, I am announcing that Birmingham Women's Healthcare Trust has been chosen to run the new pounds 1.8 million Genetics Education and Development Centre. This means Birmingham will become the genetics education centre for the whole NHS. It is a major coup for the Birmingham
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Fascinating way to learn genetics
New Straits Times
; Zoraini Wati Abas New Straits Times 07-19-2001 Fascinating way to learn genetics Byline: Zoraini Wati Abas Edition: Computimes; 2* Section: Lab Report Net@talk ONE of the most interesting subjects during my undergraduate days was, believe it or not, genetics. I was a biology major. I thought botany
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Beginning our journey into the world of genetics.(From the Editor)
Nephrology Nursing Journal
; We all learned in nursing school about DNA as the basic building block of life, but do you know what an exon is? What about an intron? Do you know the difference in transcription and translation in relation to genetics? Are you familiar with the term polymorphism? All these terms and many more are
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Basics behind study of genetics
New Straits Times
; New Straits Times 06-03-2002 Basics behind study of genetics Edition: Computimes; 2* Section: Lab Report Resources ANOTHER interesting Web site on genetics is the DNA from the Beginning site at httpwww.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/. The site has three main sections, Classical Genetics, Molecules of Genetics
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Getting to grips with genetics: genetic abnormalities underpin all forms of cancer, and the current advances in genetic knowledge and technology mean that its role in healthcare is increasing rapidly. Ann Farrant asks whether nurses are adequately trained in this field and examines the plans afoot to teach them more about genetics. (Feature).
Cancer Nursing Practice
; In the 50 years since James Watson and Francis Crick elucidated the structure of DNA, there has been a fundamental change in our knowledge and understanding of genetics. Moreover, the human genome sequence will act as a roadmap for researchers to determine which genes control which functions of the
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Better genetics homework
New Straits Times
; Ellen Whyte New Straits Times 03-29-2007 Better genetics homework Byline: Ellen Whyte Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Tech & U; Outlook Column: Study smart IF you have brown eyes, curly hair, nice ear lobes and can curl your tongue, and you marry someone with blue eyes, straight hair, no ear
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Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics
USA Today
; BOTANY Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics The life and work of 19th-century friar Gregor Mendel, a former high school teacher whose experiments were ignored by the scientific community for decades, is the subject of an exhibition now touring the country. For eight years, Mendel grew
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Theodosius Dobzhansky's Role in the Emergence and Institutionalization of Genetics in Mexico
Genetics
; THE science of genetics was introduced in Mexico at the beginning of the twentieth century by the agronomist Edmundo Taboada, who studied in the United States at Cornell University under the direction of Rollins Emerson. For earlier Perspectives on Emerson, see NELSON (1993) and KASS et al (2005).
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