Results 31 to 40 of about 22,130 (221)
Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2016 Domestic guinea pig is a model animal for human disease research. Uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A1 (UGT1A1) is an important human disease-related gene. In this study, the complete coding sequence of domestic guinea pig
Yang Deming, An Qingcong, Liu Yonggang
doaj +1 more source
The New Eugenics: Black Hyper-Incarceration and Human Abatement
Social Sciences, 2016 In the early twentieth century, the eugenics movement exercised considerable influence over domestic US public policy. Positive eugenics encouraged the reproduction of “fit” human specimens while negative eugenics attempted to reduce the reproduction of “
James C. Oleson
doaj +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Introduction: Preeclampsia (PE) is a gestational hypertensive disease with unclear pathogenesis. This study aimed to identify the genes that play an important role in determining the pathogenesis of PE using bioinformatics analysis and fundamental ...
Yajuan Wang +15 more
doaj +1 more source
Eugenics, Epigenetics, and Obesity Predisposition among Mexican Mestizos
Medical Anthropology, 2019 We compare the discourses on obesity found in early- and mid-twentieth century Mexican public discourse with those of Mexican geneticists and doctors today.
Abril Saldaña-Tejeda, P. Wade
semanticscholar +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, 2023 Eugenics had popular appeal and expressions in early 20th-century Denmark. This article tells two stories of what eugenics looked like ‘in the hands’ of bourgeois Danish women as they promoted ‘racial hygiene’ through cultural production.
Victoria E. Pihl Sørensen
doaj +1 more source
‘Attitude Problems’: Racializing Hierarchies of Affect in Post‐Brown U.S. Science Education
Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Attending to the affect of minoritized students now appears crucial to promoting just and dignity‐affirming science education. Yet, elevating affect as an objective of science learning has a history that predates equity reforms. This study explores the politics of scientific uptakes of affect that have long served to mark hierarchical ...
Kathryn L. Kirchgasler
wiley +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
The Nazi Physicians as Leaders in Eugenics and "Euthanasia": Lessons for Today.
American Journal of Public Health, 2018 This article, in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg, reflects on the Nazi eugenics and "euthanasia" programs and their relevance for today.
M. Grodin, Erin L. Miller, J. Kelly
semanticscholar +1 more source