Genetic prophecy : beyond the double helix / Zsolt Harsanyi, Richard Hutton.

  • Harsanyi, Zsolt, 1944-
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[1981], ©1981
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Credit: Genetic prophecy : beyond the double helix / Zsolt Harsanyi, Richard Hutton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX Sickle-cell gene carriers, 114-116, 250-251, 270 malaria resistance of, 151-152, 153, 243 Sickle-cell screening programs, 249-251, 252, 255, 256, 269 in armed forces and industry, 115-116 in Orchemenos, Greece, 243-245 Siniscalco, Marcello, 13, 15 Sjogren's syndrome, table 64 Skin cancer, 95-96 genetic marker for, 95-96, 146 susceptibility to, 16, 95-96 in transplant patients, 90 Skin disorders: HLA genetic markers for, table 64-65 job-related, 120 Sleep, neurotransmitter for, 207 Sleeping pills, 135, 136 and alcohol, 137 and porphyria, 135 Sloan Kettering Institute, 13 Slow acetylators, 109-110, 140 Smallpox, 36-37 eradication, 38 low vaccination response, table 66 vaccination, 37, 38 Smog, 116-117 Smoking, 47-48, 110, 258, 261 alpha-I-antitrypsin (ATT) defi¬ ciency and, 16, 110-111 and bladder cancer, 72 and COPD (combined emphy¬ sema and chronic bron¬ chitis), 110-111 and emphysema, 16, 110, 111 and heart disease, 24, 27, 29, 80 identical twin studies, 187 and lung cancer, 47, 79-80, 83, 84 near asbestos, 80, 257 prohibitions in public places, 45 risks of, 79-80, 83, 84, 85, 110 statistics, 47, 79-80, 84 and various cancers, 80, 83 in ZZ gene carriers. 111 Sociability, 190, 232, 233 Sociobiology, 221 Sodium aurothiomalate, 141 Sodium potassium ATPase, 125-127 Sodium pump, 125-127 Solder, 106, 107 Solvents, 106, 107, 120 South Africa: porphyria incidence in, 135, 158 drug sensitivity testing law, 135 Spatial ability, 192, 223, 226 Speck, Richard, 237 Sperm, genetic alteration of, 275-276 Springer, Jim, 183-185 Standard Asbestos Manufactur¬ ing and Insulating Com¬ pany, 257 Staphylococcus hypersensitivity, table 66 State University of New York at Buffalo, 266 Sterilization programs, 223 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 272 Stigmatization, dangers of, 238, 244-245, 252 Stillbirth, 154 related vs. unrelated parents, 143 [ 336 ]