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John M. Old
Researcher at John Radcliffe Hospital
Publications - 109
Citations - 5028
John M. Old is an academic researcher from John Radcliffe Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Prenatal diagnosis. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 108 publications receiving 4857 citations.
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Rapid detection of alpha-thalassaemia deletions and alpha-globin gene triplication by multiplex polymerase chain reactions.
TL;DR: A sensitive, reliable and reproducible method, based on three multiplex PCR assays, for the rapid detection of seven common α‐thalassaemia deletions and one α‐globin gene triplication, which should greatly facilitate the genetic screening and molecular diagnosis of these determinants in populations where α‐halassaemias are prevalent.
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Rapid detection and prenatal diagnosis of β-thalassaemia: studies in Indian and Cypriot populations in the UK
TL;DR: The method, which allows the determination of the mutations in both parental and fetal DNA on the same day, should have wide application to the carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis of monogenic diseases with heterogeneous molecular defects.
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The spectrum of beta-thalassaemia mutations on the Indian subcontinent: the basis for prenatal diagnosis.
TL;DR: The β‐thalassaemia mutations in 702 unrelated carriers originating from seven different regions of the Indian subcontinent have been characterized using allele specific priming of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
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First-trimester fetal diagnosis for haemoglobinopathies: three cases
TL;DR: First-trimester diagnoses were successfully made in two fetuses atrisk for homozygous β thalassaemia and in one at risk for sickle cell anaemia by means of a simplified method for trophoblast biopsy together with restriction endonuclease analysis of fetal DNA.
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Evolutionary relationships of human populations from an analysis of nuclear DNA polymorphisms.
J. S. Wainscoat,A. V. S. Hill,A L Boyce,Jonathan Flint,M Hernandez,Swee Lay Thein,John M. Old,J.R. Lynch,A G Falusi,D J Weatherall +9 more
TL;DR: It is found that all non-African populations share a limited number of common haplotypes whereas Africans have predominantly a different haplotype not found in other populations.