Prologue 1. Beginnings: 1920 - 1935 2. Thalassaemia is an extremely common genetic disease: 1935 - 1950 3. Thalassaemia as a genetic disorder of haemoglobin production: 1950 - 1960 4. Defective haemoglobin synthesis in thalassaemia and speculations about its molecular basis: 1960 - 1974 5. The molecular era and the birth of molecular medicine: 1975 - 2000 6. Was Haldane right? 7. Lessons for the biomedical sciences Glossary Further Reading
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