A short history of human genetics in the USA

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Abstract
The practicing physician discovered human genetics primarily as a result of two events. The use of the atomic bomb generated a vast amount of attention because of the fear of genetic hazards of radiation. Next, the discovery that the Down syndrome resulted from the presence of an extra chromosome finally focused the vision of the medical profession on human genetics as an area of importance in disease. It was also necessary that the erroneous fatalism about the impossibility of treating genetic disease had to diminish before medicine would find human genetics attractive for research in therapeutic techniques.All of these things have come to pass and human genetics cannot help but enjoy a distinguished and extremely useful future.

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