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Nature 453, 452-453 (22 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/453452a; Published online 21 May 2008
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Tier II Canada Research Chair in Cellular Science and Human Health
- Concordia University
- Montreal, Quebec Canada
Head-Preclinical
- Syngene International
- Bangalore, Karnataka 560099 India
Genetic medicine at the bedside
Hugh Young Rienhoff Jr1
BOOK REVIEWED-Heredity and Hope: The Case for Genetic Screening
by Ruth Schwartz Cowan
Harvard University Press: 2008. 270 pp. $27.95, £18.95
Despite the fresh veneer of technology, medical genetics still follows the old-fashioned practice of medicine. It remains the most clinical of disciplines — in the literal sense, from the Greek klinikos, meaning 'of a bed' — in that most of the genetic physician's work is done at the bedside.
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