fields work_institutions birth_date known_for article_title name
neurogenetics cardiff human genetics commission advisory committee on genetic testing nuffield council university on bioethics university of wales college of medicine uk 1939 work on muscular dystrophy and huntington 's disease peter harper -lrb- geneticist -rrb-
 peter s harper cbe
peter harper -lrb- geneticist -rrb-

sir peter s. harper , cbe -lrb- born 1939 -rrb- is university research professor -lrb- emeritus -rrb- in human genetics at cardiff university .
his work has focused on researching neurogenetics and has resulted in important discoveries concerning muscular dystrophies and huntington 's disease .
he was knighted in 2004 for services to medicine .
