symposium begins with a general lecture on the structure of fibrous proteins by G. N. Ramachandran (32 pages) and is then divided into three parts which contain papers on, respectively, the structure of collagen, the chemistry and metabolism of collagen, and the physical chemistry of variously modified collagens. It should be stated at the outset that this book will not fill the need of the bio...

Medical Genetics has long been a part of the undergraduate curriculum and is a rapidly increasing component of postgraduate training at all levels, in all specialities. Ian Young has provided a textbook which will delight both undergraduate and postgraduate readers. There are many textbooks which claim to cover essential medical genetic teaching, but many of these are too big, too detailed and ...

in a preliminary study, descriptive cross sectional, knowledge of 550 general practitioners, pediatrics and gynecology residents were evaluated in relation to medical genetics. a questionnaire was developed by researchers, and based on bloom's taxonomy; the lowest learning level (i.e. knowledge) was developed as multiple choices. nonrandom sampling (convenience sampling) was conducted that was ...