American Decades
Cancer and Genetics
"A Strong Candidate for the Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Gene BRCA1"
Journal article
By: Mark Skolnick
Date: October 7, 1994
Source: Skolnick, Mark H., et al. "A Strong Candidate for the Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene BRCA1." Science, October 7, 1994, 66–71.
About the Author: Mark H. Skolnick (1946–) received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1968 and a Ph.D. in genetics from Stanford University in 1975. In 1991, he founded the biotechnology company, Myriad Genetics.
"The Hottest Race in Cancer Genetics"
Journal article
By: Science
Date: September 23, 1994
Source: "The Hottest Race in Cancer Genetics." Science, September 23, 1994, 1997.
Introduction
Like all cancers, breast cancer is...
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1990's Medicine and Health Primary Sources
- Estrogen and Hormone Therapy
- Prescription: Medicide—The Goodness of Planned Death
- Presidential Debate, October 15, 1992
- William J. Clinton to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, January 22, 1993
- "Experimental Cloning of Human Polyploid Embryos Using an Artificial Zona Pellucida"
- Cancer and Genetics
- "First Total Synthesis of Taxol"
- "Interview with Dr. David Ho"
- S.148 To Amend the Public Health Service Act to Provide a Comprehensive Program for the Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- "Bloodsafety Resolution—August 1997"
- "Statement on First Federal Obesity Clinical Guidelines"
- "The Biotech Death of Jesse Gelsinger"
- "Breaking the Code"
- "Explosive Growth of a New Breed of 'Cyberchondriacs'"
- National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
