A personal sixty-year tour of genetics and medicine

The past 60 years surely constitute a Golden Age for biomedical science, and for medical genetics in particular. A personal experience began with an encounter with inborn errors of metabolism, selection, and the incidences of hereditary diseases, and peaked with molecular biology, virology, and cyto...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annual review of genomics and human genetics 2005-01, Vol.6 (1), p.1-14
1. Verfasser:	Knudson, Alfred G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Child Genetics, Medical - history History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Knudson Pediatrics - history Retinoblastoma - history United States
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Zusammenfassung:	The past 60 years surely constitute a Golden Age for biomedical science, and for medical genetics in particular. A personal experience began with an encounter with inborn errors of metabolism, selection, and the incidences of hereditary diseases, and peaked with molecular biology, virology, and cytogenetics, finally focusing all three on the problem of cancer.
ISSN:	1527-8204 1545-293X
DOI:	10.1146/annurev.genom.6.080604.162320