Abstract
According to Modell and Kuliev (1998), the history of community genetics as a distinct concept in medicine started in 1981 with WHO in Geneva. This was about the same time that community genetics was introduced in biology for research on interacting populations in a shared environment (Ten Kate et al. 2010). We do not know whether either or both of these early uses can be traced back to even earlier usage.
Highlights
According to Modell and Kuliev (1998), the history of community genetics as a distinct concept in medicine started in 1981 with WHO in Geneva
The authors of that 1975 report describe the results of cytogenetic analysis in 136 patients referred to a genetic service, located at the Children’s Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and conclude that the results of their genetic clinic ‘demonstrate its need and value to the community’ (Coldwell et al 1975)
The clinic was the initiative of the first author, James Coldwell, a pediatrician, who informed me that he first was involved in screening children for phenylketonuria in Oklahoma, and subsequently spent some time with Victor McKusick at John Hopkins, before developing his genetic service in Tulsa
Summary
According to Modell and Kuliev (1998), the history of community genetics as a distinct concept in medicine started in 1981 with WHO in Geneva. I found one earlier mention of community genetics in PubMed. The authors of that 1975 report describe the results of cytogenetic analysis in 136 patients referred to a genetic service, located at the Children’s Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and conclude that the results of their genetic clinic ‘demonstrate its need and value to the community’ (Coldwell et al 1975).
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