Genetics
Links
Your Genes, Your Health. Dolan DNA learning lab multimedia site: http://www.ygyh.org/
Flash Animations of explaining genes, pedigrees and other concepts: http://www.genetics.gsk.com/generalpublic_flash.htm DNA From the Beginning. A basic review of genetics from the intro level all the way up. (Dolan DNA learning center) http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
Genetics Home Reference (U.S. Library of medicine) has an excellent glossary: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ Human Chromosome Viewer: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/chooser.shtml SNP's and Cancer: http://nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/geneticvariation/ from the National Cancer institute. See also Wikipedia's Single Nucleotide Polymorphism article
Pedigrees: symbols and instructions: New South Wales (Australia) Genetics education program: http://www.genesoc.com/nutrition/pedigree.htm University of Illinois, Chicago Human Genetics course: http://www.uic.edu/classes/bms/bms655/lesson3.html Southern Illinois Univ. Genetics (contains useful terms and symbols): http://www.siu.edu/departments/biochem/som_pbl/CRR/genetics.html
Genetic Diseases
Genetic disorders summary: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/assist.shtml
Genetic Disease Case Studies #1: http://www.sciencecases.org/hemo/hemo.asp
Genetic Disease Case Studies #2: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/pierre.htm
When Cells Stop Working by Michael Lemonick (11/13/06) Time
Huntington's Disease video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65xf1olEpQM
Human genome project education resources: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/education/education.shtml#downloads
"Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects" NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/health/05essa.html?ref=health
Document Downloads Peering into Future Genetic testing Genetic descrim Genes and lifestyle Gene therapy Gene therapy_trial Gene therapy_death Gene therapy_death trib Gene test_cancer
Huntington's Disease docs:
Huntington disease overview HD gene testing HD in adolescents HD inclusion bodies
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