GENETIC+DISEASES+-+BIOLOGY+12


 * MR. BEEDS BI. 12 GENETIC DISEASES ASSIGNMENT: **

Here are a list of websites that you might find useful for your project: [|Ebsco - Consumer Health Complete] [|Genetic Disorders - MedLine Plus] [|Genetic Diseases - GDF] [|Health Topics A to Z] [|Genetics Home Reference: Your Guide to Understanding Genetic Conditions] [|Genetic Diseases in the Yahoo Directory] [|Genetic Disorders - ehow] [|Genetic Disorders - Health Topics A-Z] [|Genetic Diseases Overview] [|The Basics on Genes and Genetic Disorders]
 * General Sites With Lists and Links: **

**ALZHEIMERS DISEASE: ** [|What Is Alzheimer's] [|Alzheimer's Disease (,Senile Dementia)] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[| Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Alzheimer's Disease - MedicineNet.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|NINDS Alzheimer's Disease Information Page] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Alzheimer Disease] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[| Diseases and Conditions Alzheimer's disease - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Alzheimer's disease - Alzheimer Disease Canada] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Alzheimer's Disease Stages - Web MD]

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> ASTHMA: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">[|Genetic clue to asthma - BBC News] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Asthma Risk - Who & Why?] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[| Genetic Mutation Appears To Cause Asthma] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Is Genetics One of the Causes of Asthma?] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Genetics of Asthma] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Genetics of asthma] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Asthma, Genetics, and the Environment] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Asthma and Genetics] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Asthma and Genetics - Discover Asthma]

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; font-style: normal;">CANCER – GENETICALLY LINKED: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Genetic Marker Linked To Aggressive Prostate Cancer] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|BRCA1 and BRCA2: Cancer Risk and Genetic Testing] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cancer - Medline Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Genes Behind Increasingly Common Form Of Cancer Identified] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The Genetics of Asthma and Allergic Reactions] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Bronchial Asthma]

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; font-style: normal;">CELIAC SYNDROME: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Celiac Disease - National Digestive - Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC)] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What is gluten intolerance? What is celiac disease?] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Celiac Disease Information Guide (Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy)] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Celiac disease: Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|About.com Celiac Disease & Gluten Sensitivity] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Celiac disease - Genetics Home Reference]

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; font-style: normal;">CROHN’S DISEASE: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Crohn's Disease - National Digestive Diseases] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Crohn's Disease - MedicineNet.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Crohn's Disease] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Crohn's disease - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[| Crohn's disease - Univ. of Maryland Medical Center] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Crohn disease - Genetics Home Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Crohn's Disease: Is It in Your Genes?]

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">CYSTIC FIBROSIS: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What Is Cystic Fibrosis?] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cystic Fibrosis] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cystic fibrosis - Genetics Home Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cystic fibrosis - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Organs Affected by Cystic Fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis: More Than a Lung Disease] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cystic fibrosis] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cystic Fibrosis - Medline Plus]

** DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Muscular Dystrophy - c-Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Muscular Dystrophy - Kids Health for Parents] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies - Merck Manual Home Health Handbook] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions Muscular dystrophy - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Duchenne muscular dystrophy - PubMed Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Duchenne muscular dystrophy - MedLine Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - Overview] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - New York Times]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Familial hypercholesterolemia - MedLine Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Familial Hypercholesterolemia - New York Times] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Familial hypercholesterolemia - PubMed Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Learning About Familial Hypercholesterolemia - National Human Genome Institute] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hypercholesterolemia - Genetics Home Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Familial Hypercholesterolemia - About.com]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA: **

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">HEMOPHILIA: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What Is Hemophilia?] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hemophilia - KidsHealth for Parents] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What is hemophilia? - Genetics Home Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions: Hemophilia - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hemophilia - MedicineNet.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hemophilia - MedLine Plus]

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Congenital spherocytic anemia - MedLine Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Heart and Blood Conditions Hereditary Spherocytosis - Seattle Children's Hospital] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hereditary Spherocytosis - Cincinnati Children's] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hereditary spherocytosis - Genetics Home Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hereditary Spherocytosis - Medscape] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Hereditary Spherocytosis - Healthline]

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">HUNTINGDOM DISEASE: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|NINDS Huntington's Disease Information Page] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Huntington's Disease (Huntington Disease) - MedicineNet.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions Huntington's disease - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Huntingtons Disease News] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Huntington Disease Inherited neurological disorder] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Huntington disease - PubMed Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions Huntington's disease - Mayo Clinic]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Marfan Syndrome- MedicineNet.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Marfan Syndrome - MedLine Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions Marfan syndrome] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Marfan Syndrome - Canada.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Marfan Syndrome - KidsHealth for Kids] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What is Marfan Syndrome? - The Marfan Foundation] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Marfan syndrome - PubMed Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Marfan Syndrome: Condition Factsheets - CHealth]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">MARFAN SYNDROME: **

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">PARKINSON’S DISEASE: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions - Parkinson's disease - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|NINDS Parkinson's Disease Information Page] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Parkinson's Disease - MedLine Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Parkinson's Disease (Shaking Palsy)] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Parkinson's Disease - Kid'sHealth - Problems of Grownups] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Parkinson's disease Paralysis agitans; Shaking palsy - PubMed Health]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What is Parkinson's? - Parkinson's Society Canada] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Parkinson's Disease - MedicineNet.com]

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">PHENYLKETONURIA: ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Phenylketonuria Definition: - MedHelp] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Phenylketonuria - Genetics Home Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Phenylketonuria (PKU) - MedicineNet.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions Phenylketonuria (PKU) - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Phenylketonuria - University of Maryland Medical Center]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE:** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC)] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Polycystic kidney disease - MedLine Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) - MedicineNet.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Polycystic kidney disease - Genetics Home Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions Polycystic kidney disease - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Polycystic kidney disease - PubMed Health]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|What Is Sickle Cell Anemia? - National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Sickle Cell Anemia - TeensHealth] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Sickle cell disease - Genetics Home Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Sickle Cell Disease - eMedicine Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions Sickle cell anemia] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions Sickle cell anemia - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Sickle cell anemia - PubMed Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Sickle Cell Anemia (Hemoglobin S Disease, Sickle Cell Disease)]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">SICKLE CELL ANEMIA: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tay-Sachs Disease - Kid's Health for Parents] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tay-Sachs disease - Genetics Home Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions Tay-Sachs disease - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tay-Sachs Disease Topic Overview] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tay-Sachs disease - PubMed Health] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tay-Sachs Disease - MedLine Plus]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; font-style: normal;">TAY-SACHS DISEASE: **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Turner Syndrome - TeensHealth for Parents] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Turner syndrome - MedLine Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Turner Syndrome - MedicineNet.com] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Turner Syndrome - MedLine Plus] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Turner Syndrome - Genetics Home Reference] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diseases and Conditions Turner syndrome - Mayo Clinic] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Genetic Features of Turner Syndrome] [|Turner syndrome - PubMedHealth]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">TURNER SYNDROME: **