History of genetic disease
Each article in this series of Timeline pieces describes how our knowledge of an important human genetic disease has developed over the years. The articles are written by prominent figures in the field of human genetics who have witnessed much of the development of and personally contributed to the understanding of the diseases they describe.
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2005
February 2005 Vol 6 No 2
Down syndrome and genetics - a case of linked histories
David Patterson & Alberto C. S. Costa
p246 | doi:10.1038/nrg1525
2004
August 2004 Vol 5 No 8
Thalassaemia: the long road from bedside to genome
David J. Weatherall
p625 | doi:10.1038/nrg1406