The Human Genome Project at 10 years: A teachable moment

The Battle Against Malaria: A Teachable Moment

Synopsis Malaria has been humanity's worst public health problem throughout recorded history. Mathematical methods are needed to understand which factors are relevant to the disease and to develop countermeasures against it. This article and the accompanying exercises provide examples of those methods for use in lower-or upper-level courses dealing with probability, statistics, or population mo...

Preoperative chest x-rays: a teachable moment.

MrX,aman inhismid50swithahistoryofmild intermittent asthma and an increasingly painful umbilical hernia, presented to a general surgery clinic for a preoperative evaluation.Basic laboratorytest resultsandcardiopulmonary examination findings were normal, and a reducible hernia was noted. A chest radiograph (CXR) was obtainedfortheindicationofpreoperativeevaluationinapatient with asthma older tha...

The Human Genome Project.

Dear readers, The last few decades have seen a number of exciting developments in genetics. First, Watson and Crick broke the genetic code; since then, tech-nologic and methodologic breakthroughs have permitted the study and direct manipulation of our DNA. Now there is an international ground swell to map and sequence the human genome. The Bush administration had originally requested $128 milli...

The Human Genome Project.

The Human Genome Project

genetic mapping; DNA; applied research; molecular genetics T Human Genome Project is an international research project whose primary mission is to decipher the chemical sequence of the complete human genetic material (i.e., the entire genome), identify all 50,000 to 100,000 genes contained within the genome, and provide research tools to analyze all this genetic information. This ambitious proj...