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THE Bureau of Human Heredity is carrying on, though with reduced activity, during the War. Although some international connexions are cut off, a compensation is the possibility of obtaining a median sample of the population through the careful examination of entrants for the Services. This is not to be lost sight of, as collaboration with medical men in examining and collating genetical conditions would be of great importance in furnishing figures of medical, anthropological and genetical value. Although the Bureau has lost several workers, it has enlisted the support of Prof. F. A. E. Crew as honorary medical secretary. Correspondence with men of science in other countries continues, but in diminished volume, which may give time for other projects, including (1) surveys of the genetic background in tuberculosis, (2) the human analogue of the transmission of cancer in animals, (3) certain immunological problems. It is hoped also to compile a preliminary list of inherited disorders and defects based on recent research for the use of practitioners and teachers. The address of the Bureau is 115 Gower Street, London, W.C.1.
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The Bureau of Human Heredity. Nature 145, 183 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145183a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145183a0