Stanford Continuing Studies

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Describe an inherited disease

Doug Brutlag

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.

© Doug Brutlag 2016