Volume 17. 'Genetic Testing'

Series consists of papers, correspondence, photographs, cassette tapes and digital material related to the seminar on "Genetic Testing", which was held at the Wellcome Institute on 13 July 2001. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published as Volume 17 of the Witness Seminar series, D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey (editors), Genetic Testing, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2003).

The participants for the seminar were; Professor Matteo Adinolfi; Diane Barnett; Sir Christopher Booth; Professor Joy Delhanty; Professor John Edwards; Professor Malcolm Ferguson-Smith; Professor David Galton; Professor Alan Handyside; Professor Rodney Harris; Cathy Holding; Professor Sue Malcolm; Professor Ursula Mittwoch; Professor Bernadette Modell; Professor Marcus Pembrey (Chair); Profiesser Naomi Pfeffer; Professor Paul Polani; Professor Sue Povey; Professor Derek Roberts; Professor Charles Rodeck; Dr Patricia Tippett; Dr David Tyrrell; Professor Sir David Weatherall; Professor John Woodrow; Elizabeth Young; and Professor Doris Zallen.

The editors of the published transcript were D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey with an introduction by Professor Peter Harper.

The meeting organisers were Professor Doris Zallen and Dr Daphne Christie.

Others present at the meeting; Dr Priscilla Alderson; Dr Mike Buttolph; Dr Pete Coventry; Michael Hopkins; Lord Kennett; Professor Linda Partridge; Professor Michael Patton; Melanie Pearce; Professor Hilary Rose; Joanna Sumner; and Carol Youngs.

Apologies sent by; Sir Walter Bodmer; Professor David Brock; Professor Kay Davies; Professor Robert Dingwall; Professor Dian Donnai; Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys; Professor Richard McConnell; Dame Anne McLaren; Professor Marilyn Monk; Professor Nicholas Wald; and Professor Robert Williamson.

Digital material includes recordings, papers and photographs relating to the seminar and can be found under Transcripts.

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