Main contents
1. Introduction
D. F. Roberts
2. The Human Chromosome Map
T. Andrews
3. The DNA Map
Kay E. Davies
4. Molecular Individuality and
Genetic ‘Fingerprinting’
C. F. Inglehearn and R. J. Bellamy
5. Fetal Tissue Sampling
R. J. Lilford
6. Fetal Diagnosis and the Need
for Support
K. M. Laurence
7. Prospects for Gene Insertion
Therapy in Early Life
Marcus Pembrey
8. Neural Transplantation in
Degenerative Disease
E. R. Hitchcock
9. Population Screening for
Genetic Disorders
Sarah Bundey
10. Family Screening for
Genetic Disorders: Lessons from Huntington’s Disease
Peter S. Harper and Michael J. Morris
11. Molecular Genetics in
Medicine: Sharing the Benefits
Trefor Jenkins
12. Genetic Registers: Problems
Old and New
Alan F. H. Emery
13. New Problems in Management
of Families
A. Clarke
14. Law or Ethics?
D. J. Cusine
15. Tension: The Ethics of
Choice
G. R. Dunstan
16. Epilogue: Molecular
Genetics in Medicine
D. F. Roberts and Robert Chester