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	An Introduction to Genetics and Genetic Testing
		Thanks to advances in genetics, doctors now have the tools to understand how certain illnesses, or increased risks for certain illnesses, pass from generation to generation.
		Sometimes, too, a genetic problem is X-linked, meaning that it's carried by the X chromosome.
		Some genetic problems are caused by a single gene that's present but altered in some way.
	kidshealth.org /parent/system/medical/genetics.html (1509 words)

	RedOrbit - Health - Toward a Biopsychosocial Model for 21st-Century Genetics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This article presents a Family System Genetic Illness model to address the psychosocial challenges of genomic conditions for patients and their families, and to help organize this complex biopsychosocial landscape for clinical practice and research.
		The typology of genomic illness depicted in Table 1 conceptualizes broad distinctions in the pattern of (1) likelihood of developing a condition based on genetic mutations, (2) overall clinical severity, (3) timing of clinical onset in the life cycle, and (4) whether effective treatment interventions exist that can alter clinical onset and/or progression.
		As a family member learns about a genetic condition, he or she will need to consider who else in the family may be at risk, whom to inform about testing, and with whom to communicate the results.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=137821&source=r_health (8617 words)

	Genetic Testing, Insurance and Health Policy
		States explicitly that genetic information in the absence of a current diagnosis of illness shall not be considered a preexisting condition.
		A second study that interviewed 332 participants representing 101 different primary genetic disorders found that 22% of respondents with a genetic condition reported that either they or other members of the family had been refused health insurance as a result of the genetic condition in the family.
		In surveying 296 genetic counselors, the author found that not one case of discrimination was mentioned.
	www.cwru.edu /med/epidbio/mphp439/Genetic_Testing.htm (4768 words)

	Childs understanding; testing for a genetic illness - Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society - The ...
		Advances in genetic knowledge have led to an increased number of tests available for genetic illnesses and raised the possibility of screening whole populations for disorders (Andrews, Fullerton et al 1994).
		The vast growth in genetic illness testing possibilities has not however been accompanied by a similar increase in the ability to treat genetic illness, or clear evidence of how genetic testing might be protective in the absence of treatment.
		A secondary aim is to provide guidance to genetic counsellors, parents and policy makers on children's ability to understand genetic information, and when and how it is best to inform people of their test results from newborn screening programmes.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /igbis/research/student_project_child_understanding_gen.php (479 words)

	Front Porch Forum
		Genetic disorders, once considered "rare" events in the field of medicine, are now recognized as widely occurring.
		Genetic Discrimination: Different treatment of individuals based on genetic information (e.g., genetic test results or a family history of genetic illness) prior to the onset of illness.
		Tom visited a genetic counselor and was informed that a genetic test could determine whether he had a variation in a gene that would contribute to a higher risk of Alzheimer disease, with possibly an earlier onset, and increased risk for cardiovascular problems.
	www.doh.wa.gov /cfh/mch/FrontPorchForum/discrimination.htm (1074 words)

	Genomics and Its Impact on Science and Society: 2003 Primer
		Alternative form of a genetic locus; a single allele for each locus is inherited from each parent (e.g., at a locus for eye color the allele might result in blue or brown eyes).
		In genetics, a process in which a genetic counselor or other medical professional interprets genetic test results and advises patients of the consequences for them and their offspring.
		In genetics, a type of mutation due to replacement of one nucleotide in a DNA sequence by another nucleotide or replacement of one amino acid in a protein by another amino acid.
	www.ornl.gov /sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/primer2001/glossary.shtml (7072 words)

	Human Genetic Engineering
		In this article, I'd like to explore the application of genetic technology to human beings and apply biblical wisdom to the eventual ethical quagmires that are not very far away.
		In order to cure a genetic illness, the defective gene must be replaced throughout the body.
		If the genetic defect is detected in an early embryo, it's possible to add the gene at this stage, allowing the normal gene to be present in all tissues including reproductive tissues.
	www.leaderu.com /orgs/probe/docs/humgeneng.html (2578 words)

	NWI Genetic Discrimination House Testimony
		Furthermore, genetic information only indicates a predisposition or susceptibility to future illness; such information does not necessarily indicate when an individual will develop symptoms or how severe the symptoms will be.
		In a 1996 Georgetown University study of 332 families belonging to genetic disease support groups, 22% of the respondents stated that they that they had knowingly been refused health insurance and 13% stated that they had knowingly been terminated from their jobs because of the perceived risks attributed to their genetic status.
		For example, among the most common ways for an employer or insurer to learn that someone is at risk for a genetic illness are by learning that other family members have contracted the disease or that the person has requested genetic counseling.
	www.workrights.org /issue_genetic/gd_house_testimony.html (2004 words)

	Genetic Privacy
		Armed with genetic information, the relative risks for certain clinical conditions can be calculated making prognosis more accurate, however for many cases of genetic illness we have no effective intervention.
		The focus on genetics as a primary disease etiology may come at the expense of attention to other factors such as environmental hazards (such as air and water pollution), and risky personal behaviors (smoking and failure to use seat belts).
		The push for the use of genetic information by insurers to limit their liability is such a policy.
	www.seizures.net /articles_other/Genetic_Privacy2.html (3044 words)

	NWI Genetic Discrimination Legislative Brief
		There will be a period of years during which we are able to identify which individuals will ultimately contract a genetic illness (or be at increased risk), but we will be unable to prevent or cure the disease.
		Furthermore, genetic information cannot be treated as a preexisting condition unless there has been a diagnosis of the condition to which the genetic information relates.
		No employer may directly or indirectly collect or have access to any genetic information concerning an employee or applicant for employment, or member of their family, unless the employer can demonstrate that the information is job related and consistent with business necessity.
	www.workrights.org /issue_genetic/gd_legislative_brief.html (3861 words)

	An Introduction to Genetics and Genetic Testing
		Although advances in genetic testing have created a revolution in the way doctors diagnose and treat certain illnesses, there are still some limits that parents need to recognize.
		Second, simply having problem genes is only half the story, because many illnesses develop from a deadly mix of high-risk genes and unhealthy lifestyle (for example, a smoker with a family history of heart disease).
		Although genetic treatments for major killers, like cancer, may be a long way off, there is still great hope that many more genetic cures will be found.
	kidshealth.org /PageManager.jsp?dn=KidsHealth&lic=1&ps=107&cat_id=&article_set=22617 (2564 words)

	Eliminate The Belief That Your Illness Is Genetic -- Acute Depression
		When one is told that their particular problem is of a genetic nature it often leaves them feeling helpless since, to date, the idea of reversing something that is stored deep within one's structural DNA, which exists in every single cell of one's body, is considered an impossibility.
		Unfortunately, many individuals accept this as a solution to their problem because of the fundamental belief that the illness is genetic and therefore its complete elimination is accepted as impossibility.
		One belief that causes a problem for an individual is the belief that their particular illness is of a genetic nature.
	www.voy.com /196428/1.html (1500 words)

	Scientists correct genetic illness thalassemia in human blood cells
		Thalassemia is one of the most common genetic diseases in humans, the authors wrote.
		Mutations in the genetic machinery that produces hemoglobin cause the illness.
		"In the cases of thalassemia we studied, RNA splicing was damaged by the genetic mutations that caused the disease," the scientist said.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2000-08/UoNC-Scgi-2208100.php (574 words)

	Cord Blood Banking Information on MedicineNet.com
		Women who are candidates for prenatal genetic screening need to look at their family health history over generations to help assess the risk of their baby's developing various genetic diseases.
		If there appears to be no history of either genetic illness or childhood cancers, then you may not need to save your baby's cord blood.
		Parents who privately bank their baby's cord blood are not doing so for the child being born; if that child develops a cancer or genetic illness, the illness is likely to be present in the cord blood.
	www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51383 (345 words)

	HumGen - FAQ
		In cases where a genetic illness causes a handicap, the person who is being discriminated against is also considered by law to be discriminated against due to a handicap.
		Take for example a worker who has a genetic illness like cystic fibrosis who is faced with discrimination regarding his or her employment: this person is protected by the Charter.
		For example, a person could be incapable of carrying heavy weights as required in his or her job of warehouse worker because he or she has muscular dystrophy, a genetic illness.
	www.humgen.umontreal.ca /int/faq.cfm?ID=64&Idcat=4 (693 words)

	UK Insurance Firms To Screen Clients For Genetic Illness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Genetic testing by insurance companies is to be sanctioned for the first time.
		The decision, by the Government's expert advisory body on insurance and genetics, will begin a string of applications by the insurance industry to use genetic tests for inherited diseases, including breast cancer.
		The insurance industry will be told insurers can use genetic tests for Huntington's to assess life insurance cover, but not mortgage protection or other insurance.
	www.rense.com /general4/uktst.htm (390 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		FD has been known to affect only Ashkenazic Jews and manifests itself in many ways: Patients cannot produce tears, cannot swallow instinctually, are prone to vomiting and pneumonia, and experience severely delayed developmental milestones, like walking and talking.
		Genetic testing has become a modern marriage ritual: At some point in their relationship, couples from similar ethnic backgrounds seek to find out if they are at risk for having children with diseases stemming from endemic genetic mutations.
		FD, like most genetic diseases, is a recessive gene, meaning both parents need to carry the gene in order to pass it on to their kids.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/78/story_7848_1.html (347 words)

	Psychiatric News Main Frame
		If, for example, it is possible to identify a genetic predisposition to bipolar disorder based on attributes affiliated with specific chromosomes on specific genes, this would provide a rational target for therapeutic research, he commented.
		Scientists have long suspected a genetic link in bipolar illness, but it is only in the last decade that they have tried to apply modern molecular genetic techniques to the study of psychiatric disorders.
		The third study, "Genetic mapping using haplotype, association, and linkage methods suggests a locus for severe bipolar disorder at 18q22-q23," was led by Nelson Freimer, M.D., of the neurogenetics laboratory at the University of California, San Francisco.
	www.psych.org /pnews/96-11-01/bipolar.html (1054 words)

	RedOrbit - Health - Disease 'Map' is Unveiled in Utah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		As a result, the molecular locations of forms of asthma, cancer, diabetes, mental illness, heart disease, obesity and other ailments may be uncovered -- potentially leading to treatments and prevention.
		A haplotype is a section of genetic code, and the genome is the full genetic makeup.
		Leavitt, a former Utah governor, was in town to address the American Society of Human Genetics, meeting in the Salt Palace.
	www.rednova.com /news/health/286800/disease_map_is_unveiled_in_utah/?source=r_health (991 words)

	New Scientist Breaking News - Stupidity should be cured, says DNA discoverer
		Fifty years to the day from the discovery of the structure of DNA, one of its co-discoverers has caused a storm by suggesting that stupidity is a genetic disease that should be cured.
		The breakthrough revealed how genetic information is passed from one generation to the next and revolutionised biology and medicine.
		But in a documentary series to be screened in the UK on Channel 4, Watson says that low intelligence is an inherited disorder and that molecular biologists have a duty to devise gene therapies or screening tests to tackle stupidity.
	www.newscientist.com /news/news.jsp?id=ns99993451 (530 words)

	The Pros and Cons of Genetic Engineering Argumentative Persuasive Essays
		Genetic engineering not only offers the possibility of eliminating birth defects and genetic illness, but also presents the moral ambiguity of eugenics.
		The acceptabilities of genetic engineering, assuming that it will be available in the foreseeable future, must be explored if society is to fully benefit from it.
		A few cells from an embryo could be genetically analyzed to detect harmful mutation or predisposition towards disorder, at which point action could be taken either through somatic cell or germ-line gene modification.
	www.123helpme.com /assets/10852.html (640 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Disease 'map' is unveiled in Utah
		As a result, the molecular locations of forms of asthma, cancer, diabetes, mental illness, heart disease, obesity and other ailments may be uncovered — potentially leading to treatments and prevention.
		By detailing genetic differences in placing the information on the Internet where they are freely available to scientists, the project provides data that can be used to detect genetic disorders and develop therapies.
		Dr. Panos Deloukas from Cambridge University, United Kingdom, and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said in his country tests are going on with 11,000 subjects to search for possible connections between such diseases as hypertension, diabetes and a predisposition to tuberculosis.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635156439,00.html (1022 words)

	True Health - Issue 1
		Beyond the prospect of understanding the genetic basis of specific diseases, there is a further potential for individualized medicine in which drugs can be tailored to the unique genetic code of each person.
		In most illness, genetic predisposition in itself is not sufficient to produce disease.
		In the case of the young woman with manic-depressive illness, Edgar Cayce wanted the attending osteopathic physician to become aware of the imbalance in creative energies that were causing this woman’s mental and emotional problems.
	www.edgarcayce.org /th/tharchiv/issues/issue1/issue1.html (3955 words)

	RMEHA, What is Environmental Illness or MCS?
		Another label is "Twentieth Century illness," referring to the fact that this ailment was nearly unheard of in times past.
		ote that as of 2004, research has been published that demonstrates significant genetic differences between people with or without MCS in their body's enzymes that are important to the detoxification of toxic compounds.
		Not only were the MCS patients more likely to have significant differences is several genes that would impair their ability to detoxify toxic compounds, but some of them were over 18 times more likely to have a specific combinaion of two forms of the genetic differences.
	bcn.boulder.co.us /health/rmeha/rmehdefn.htm (745 words)

	Genetic Defect May Help Predict Schizophrenia Risk
		Genetic researchers eventually may be able to develop a model for predicting shizophrenia in some high-risk individuals allowing treatment to begin before symptoms manifest.
		Researchers have learned that a gene that regulates dopamine levels in the brain is involved in the development of schizophrenia in children at high risk for the disorder, according to a study published in Nature Neuroscience.
		The researchers next plan to extend their studies to younger children, and to repeat the above study using multiple time points to observe the ongoing development of the disorder more precisely.
	health.dailynewscentral.com /content/view/0001814/51 (1038 words)

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