An Introduction to Genetics and Genetic Testing
This online fact sheet answers consumers questions about genetic disorders and metabolism. It discusses genetic counseling, prenatal diagnoses and X-linked disorders. details...
Nemours Foundation |
American Journal of Human Genetics
A monthly journal for health professionals interested in the medical specialty of human genetics. Topics AJHG covers include behavioral genetics, biochemical genetics, clinical genetics, cytogenetics, details...
American Society of Human Genetics |
Birth Defects and Pediatric Genetics
This online site answers some important questions on birth defects and outlines the National Center for Environmental Health's prevention activities through its Birth Defects and Pediatric Genetics Br details...
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities |
BLAST Searches for Genetic Information, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) is a service provided in order to provide all documentation available about the BLAST programs, the searchable databases and the NCBI servers. The NCBI also b details...
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health |
Cancer Genetics
Links to patient and health professionals information about genetics and gene testing related to cancer. These include a list of genetic cancer types; policies that regulate genetic testing; a search details...
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Environmental Genome Project Home Page
This project will be a multi-disciplinary, collaborative effort, involving several other NIH institutes as well as the Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal agencies. The two major goals of the details...
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health |
Family History for Preventive Medicine
The CDC Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention (OGDP) in collaboration with several CDC programs and National Institutes of Health (NIH) has embarked on a public health initiative to evaluate wheth details...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Frequently Asked Questions about Genomics
Easy-to-understand information about the exciting and emerging field of genomics. details...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
From Maps to Medicine: About the Human Genome Research Project
The Human Genome Project is an ambitious effort to understand the hereditary instructions that make each of us unique. The goal of this effort is to find the location of the 100,000 or so human genes details...
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health |
GenBank--the National Institutes of Health Genetic Sequence Database
GenBank is the NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences. A five-page description is available. The complete release notes for the current version details...
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health |