He was primarily responsible for removing “eugenics” from the name of the department that eventually morphed into the Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment (GEE), and from the journal that changed its name to the Annals of Human Genetics. Maria Kiladi, a Research Fellow at UCL’s Department of Science and Technology Studies, has written a historical perspective on Lionel Penrose which is published and freely available in the Annals of Human Genetics.
BHF funds £1.5M programme to study Heart-Brain interactions
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Servier and UCL join forces to advance therapeutic research in rare genetic epileptic disorders
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