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The Dawn Of The Genetics Revolution | 2001 – 2003

The Human Genome Project (HGP) was officially declared complete in 2003. A rough draft of the human genome sequencing carried out by the HGP was formally announced in 2000 and the completed sequence was announced in 2003. This breakthrough spawned many initiatives, including Iceland’s deCode (below), and was reflected in the work I was called upon to undertake for […]

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Award-winning research on history of eugenics reaps honours

By David South Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine Newsletter (Toronto, Canada), Number 19, Fall, 1993 Though many feel a golly-gee-whiz response when medical science leaps another hurdle towards genetic manipulation, research by two recent Royal Society Hannah Medal winners into the history of eugenics sends a chill up the spine. Both University of Toronto’s […]

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Can we talk? Hannah promotes communication between medical schools

By David South Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine Newsletter (Toronto, Canada), Number 18, Summer, 1993 The idiosyncracies of Canada’s medical schools can be both a strength and a drawback. An exchange program sponsored by the Hannah Institute hopes to bring the schools a little closer by opening up the communication lines from coast […]

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Professor puts chronic fatigue into historical perspective

By David South Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine Newsletter (Toronto, Canada), Number 18, Summer, 1993 Drawing on his thought-provoking book From Paralysis to Fatigue, the University of Toronto’s Hannah Professor Edward Shorter took the subject of psychogenic disorders to family doctors last May. Delivering the Hannah Lecture in the History of Medicine at […]