Medical Genetics at McGill: The History of a Pioneering Research Group

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Title
Medical Genetics at McGill: The History of a Pioneering Research Group
Abstract
The authors point out that the McGill Group in Medical Genetics was formed in 1972, supported by the Medical Research Council and successor Canadian Institutes for Health Research until September 2009, making it the longest active biomedical research group in the history of Canada. The authors document the history of the McGill Group and situate its research within a broader history of medical genetics. Drawing on original oral histories with the Group's members, surviving documents, and archival materials, the authors explore how the Group's development was structured around epistemological trends in medical genetics, policy choices made by research agencies, and the development of genetics at McGill University and its hospitals.
Publication
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History / Bulletin canadien d’histoire de la médecine
Volume
Vol. 30
Issue
no. 1
Pages
31-54
Date
Spring 2013
Language
en
URL
Citation
Canning, Christopher, George Weisz, Andrea Tone, and Alberto Cambrosio. “Medical Genetics at McGill: The History of a Pioneering Research Group.” Canadian Bulletin of Medical History / Bulletin canadien d’histoire de la médecine Vol. 30, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 31–54. https://www.mcgill.ca/humangenetics/files/humangenetics/1552-2197-1-pb1.pdf.
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