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Risch, Neil J.

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Molecular Genetics and Biology of Alcoholism, 1989-10-10 - 1989-10-13

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Molecular Genetics and Biology of Alcoholism meeting reviewed the data on the inheritance of alcoholism and attempted to evaluate future strategies. Most common disorders do not have a simple pattern of inheritance and probably result from interactions between the environment and one or more of a number of genes. Alcoholism is a classic example of such a complex disease.

Dates: 1989-10-10 - 1989-10-13

Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, 1991

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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...
Dates: 1991