Bishop, Timothy D.

Scope and Contents The Genetic Approaches in Schizophrenia meeting brought together expert geneticists and psychiatrists who have been studying the genetics of schizophrenia. The aim of the meeting was to determine if the armamentarium of molecular genetics that has been applied so successfully in other human inherited disorders can be applied to schizophrenia. However, it became clear during the course of the meeting that so little is known about the underlying biology of schizophrenia, and its definitive...

Scope and Contents Combined genetic and epidemiological investigations of defined groups, a number of them with cancer rates markedly different from that of the general population (according to presentations at the conference) form an important tool for quantifying the impact on cancer rates of such factors as variations in food in the diet, content of water or other drinks, or cigarettes. The conference also heard much evidence that new tools, such as computerized construction of pedigrees of such groups as...

Scope and Contents Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer meeting showed that progress is being made in determining the genetic factors that are involved in breast cancer.The meeting brought together scientists who are following two different lines of research in the pursuit of the genetic causes of breast cancer.Epidemiologists and population geneticists are using linkage studies to map genes in families with a high incidence of breast cancer, and at this meeting,they were able to compare their data from...