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Enthymema, 2023 This article examines Levi’s treatment of eugenics in “I sintetici” and “Procacciatori d’affari” from Vizio di forma. The study builds upon Francesco Cassata’s analysis, which established that Levi held complex and conflicting views on the topic.
Eleonora Lima
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Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of rare globin variants in Northern Guangxi, China
Frontiers in ImmunologyObjectiveThe aim of this study is to examine the relationship between hematological parameters, hemoglobin electrophoresis findings, and phenotypic characteristics in individuals carrying rare thalassemia gene variants in Northern Guangxi, China ...
Wei-Jia Yang +7 more
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Clinical efficacy of thalidomide for various genotypes of beta thalassemia
BMC Medical GenomicsObjective The objective of this study was to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of thalidomide across various genotype presentations of β-thalassemia so as to facilitate the early screening of thalidomide-sensitive thalassemia cases and to understand ...
Wei-jia Yang +7 more
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Racism and Welfare: The Hybridization of Eugenics Movement
Pasado y Memoria, 2018 Human beings millenarian interest in improving their natural attributes culminated at the end of the 19th century with the emergence of ‘eugenics’ as a science that studied the enhancement of human lineage.
Jesús Parra Sáez
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ernst Rüdin, an important and controversial figure in the history of psychiatric genetics, published only one major empirical study on siblings of dementia praecox (DP) probands in 1916. He conducted a parallel study of siblings of probands with manic‐depressive insanity (MDI), but the resulting monograph, written in the early 1920s, was left ...
Kenneth S. Kendler, Astrid Klee
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Eugenics: positive vs negative [PDF]
, 2014 The distinction between positive and negative eugenics is perhaps the best-known distinction that has been made between forms that eugenics takes. Roughly, positive eugenics refers to efforts aimed at increasing desirable traits, while negative eugenics ...
Wilson, Robert A.
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Polygenic risk scores (PRS) estimate individuals' genetic risk for developing multifactorial conditions. Recent genome‐wide association studies have enabled development of psychiatric PRS, which hold potential to streamline diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions.
Lauren A. Ginn +11 more
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Liberal eugenics, coercion and social pressure
Enrahonar: Quaderns de FilosofiaWhen discussing genetic prenatal enhancement, we often encounter objections related to “eugenics.” Those who want to defend prenatal enhancement either try to avoid using the term “eugenics” or talk about “liberal eugenics”, implying that what was wrong
Blanca Rodríguez López
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The Hippo pathway in endometrial cancer: a potential therapeutic target?
Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 Endometrial cancer, one of the most prevalent malignant cancers tumors of the female reproductive tract, has been increasing in incidence and mortality rates around the world.
Xinyun Shen +13 more
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Roles of science in eugenics [PDF]
, 2014 The relationship of eugenics to science is intricate and many-layered, starting with Sir Francis Galton’s original definition of eugenics as “the science of improving stock”.
Wilson, Robert A.
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