Diseases, Genetics and Clinical Trial Resources
Diseases, Genetics and Clinical Trial Resources
Doug Brutlag
Lecture Materials
Slides on Diseases
Disease Lecture Video
Web resources for Diseases, Genetics and Clinical Trials
Genes and Diseases Online Book
Genetics Home Reference
Medline Plus Online
Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) Database
GeneTests and GeneReviews Database
Clinical Trials Web Site
Huntington Disease
Cassandra's Connundrum
Nancy Wexler
Facing Life with a Lethal Disease
Adverse Events occuring in the first year year of predicting Huntington's Disease
Psychological consequences and predictors of adverse events in the first 5 years after predictive testing for Huntington's Disease
Francis O. Walker - Review of Huntington Disease
Stanford freshman to release documentary on dealing with family history of Huntington's
First idea for homework or a final final paper for those taking the course for credit
Choose an inherited disease of interest to you. You can look for interesting Mendelian diseases in the Genetics Home Reference web site or the Genes and Diseases web site. Read what is known about the disease and its genetics or family inheritance in the following resources:
Genes and Diseases Online Book
Genetics Home Reference
Medline Plus
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) Database
Examine existing treatements and experimental treatments for the disease in these web sites:
GeneTests and GeneReviews Database
Clinical Trials Web Site
Write a short 1-2 page paper describing 1) the classical diagnosis and treatment of the disease, 2) what is known about the genetics of the disease and 3) have any novel diagnoses or treatements resulted from the genetic information.