Health and Medical Guide to Genetics vs. Birth Defects Genes and Gene Therapy Health information topics about Genes and Gene Therapy: Anatomy/Physiology 1. Gene-Environment Interaction Fact Sheet Centers for Disease Control, Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/info/factshts/geneenviro.htm Children 1. You and Your Genes: Making It in a Tough Environm National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/genes/home.htm 2. What Is a Gene? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/what_is_gene.html 3. Gene Therapy and Children Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/medical/gene_therapy.html Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Gene Therapy National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=%22gene+therapy%22&recruiting... Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm Directories 1. Laboratory Directory-GeneReviews Children's Health Care System, Seattle http://www.genetests.org/servlet/access?id=8888891&key=xW0l31Z2a4hTc&fcn=y&... Law and Policy 1. Issues in Genetics and Health National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10001740 2. Human Gene Therapy and the Role of the Food and Dr Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/cber/infosheets/genezn.htm 3. Policy and Legislation Database National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/PolicyEthics/LegDatabase/pubsearch.cfm National Institutes of Health 1. Genetics FAQ National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10001191 2. Genetics Home Reference: Gene Therapy National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/info=gene_therapy Newsletters/Print Publications 1. Genomics & Health Weekly Update Centers for Disease Control, Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/update/current.htm Organizations 1. National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/nrc/ 2. National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/ 3. GeneTests Children's Health Care System, Seattle http://www.genetests.org/ Overviews 1. JAMA Patient Page: Genetics American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZZCI25TTC&sub_... 2. Introduction to Genetics and Genetic Testing Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/medical/genetics.html Related Issues 1. Pharmacogenomics American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2306.html 2. Proteomics American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3668.html 3. Gene Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_18.htm 4. Genes and Populations National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/science_ed/genepop/ 5. Genetics Home Reference National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ 6. Medicine and the New Genetics: Gene Testing, Pharm Dept. of Energy, Human Genome Project http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/primer2001/6.sh... Research 1. Studies Expand Understanding of X Chromosome National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2005/nhgri-16.htm 2. Scientists Compare Rat Genome with Human, Mouse National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2004/nhgri-31.htm 3. Kangaroo Hops in Line for Genome Sequencing National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2004/nhgri-08.htm 4. Genes Promoting Nerve, Other Cell Communications M National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2004/nichd-01.htm 5. Bovine Genome Assembled: International Effort Make National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2004/nhgri-06.htm Teenagers 1. Basics on Genes and Genetic Disorders Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/health_basics/genes_genetic_disorders....   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! News: Medications/Drugs News Medications/Drugs News Clinical Trials Update: March 12, 2010 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: Plavix Less Effective in Some Patients (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- The anti-clotting drug Plavix must now carry a "black box" warning on its label, alerting patients and doctors that some people don't metabolize the medication properly, U.S. health officials said Friday. 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