Following genes to health

“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine”.

Sir William Osler 1849-1919

Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings 1961.

AUDIENCEMEDICAL STUDENTS

MOLECULAR MEDICINE

MOLECULES RESPONSIBLE FOR DISEASE

Diagnostics HEALTH

Genetic variation Development

THE HUMAN GENOME

Population genetics Inheritance Phenotypic variation Cloning Neoplasia Infectious disease

HIV Tuberculosis Malaria Influenza Oncogenic viruses

Carcinoma Tumour suppressor genes Inherited susceptibility to cancer Leukaemias and Lymphomas

THE HUMAN GENOME

INDEX

1.Level of detail2.Form3.Style4.Layout5.Spacing6.Cross-references7.Synonyms8.Singular/Plural9.Medical terms

Disease/sacquiredautoimmunecommunicablecomplexdiagnosisgenomicinfectiousinheritedmechanismsnon-genomicpathogenesisprocesses

TERMS

OTHER ASPECTS

Drug design

Molecular and cellular targets

Gene therapy

Pharmacogenetics

Personalised medicine