Twenty Paces from History: An Interview with Soraya de Chadarevian

People and Place, Information and Structure

on DNA did not drive the development of the LMB, nor Designs for Life: Molecular Biology did the Watson and Crick paper of 1953 immediately after World War II assume the iconic status in molecular biology that hisBy Soraya de Chadarevian tory has assigned to it. However, this publication, with Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2002). its coy “It has not escaped our notice that the specific...

Human population studies and the World Health Organization.

This essay draws attention to the role of the WHO in shaping research agendas in the biomedical sciences in the postwar era. It considers in particular the genetic studies of human populations that were pursued under the aegis of the WHO from the late 1950s to 1970s. The study provides insights into how human and medical genetics entered the agenda of the WHO. At the same time, the population s...

A de novo Reciprocal X; 9 Translocation in A Patient with Premature Ovarian Failure

Why patients take part in the Royal College of Physicians Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills (MRCP PACES).

The aim of this study was to examine patients' motivation to participate in the Royal College of Physicians Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills (PACES). An exploratory cross-sectional study was performed with data collected via telephone interviews. All patients aged 18+ who participated in PACES at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire in the last two years were invite...

De novo circumscribed pulmonary lobar cystic lymphatic anomaly in a young boy. A possible sequela of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

This report describes a massive pulmonary lymphatic cystic anomaly affecting the right lower lobe of a nine-year-old boy. A year earlier, only an ill-defined small infiltrate could be seen in the affected lobe radiologically. The pathogenesis of this highly unusual lesion is discussed, taking into consideration the possible role of three months of mechanical ventilation in the neonatal period.