The Universe of Genetic Testing
Introduction
|The Basics
|CLINICAL GENETIC TESTING|PHARMACOGENOMICS|IDENTITY TESTING|PARENTAGE TESTING|TISSUE TYPING FOR TRANSPLANTATION|CYTOGENETICS (CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS )|INFECTIOUS DISEASE TESTING|Pros and Cons of Clinical Genetic Testing|The Future: Advances, Potential, Conclusions|SOURCES & LINKS
SOURCES & LINKS
This article was written by Barbara Border, PhD. (Associate Professor and Program Director, Molecular Pathology. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX)
General Reference:
GeneTests: A federally-funded site offering expert-authored disease reviews and international directories of genetic testing laboratories and diagnostic clinics.
Genetics Home Reference: A guide to understanding genetic conditions from the National Institutes of Health.
Primers on basic human genetics and genetic testing:
National Cancer Institute: Understanding GeneTesting(slide show format):
US Department of Health & Human Services: Understanding GeneTesting
National Institutes of Health (NHGRI), Genome.gov: Talking Glossary
More information pharmacogenomics:
www.nigms.nih.gov/pharmacogenetics/
More information on identity testing:
More information on parentage (parental) testing:AABB: Parentage Testing Accreditation Program
More information on tissue typing:
Basic Information: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Transplants.html
A list of references regarding bone marrow transplantation:
http://www.marrow.org/MEDICAL/tissue_typing_stem_cell_transplantation.html
For more information on chromosome analysis:
WaismanCenter, Universityof Wisconsinat Madison
University of Washington Cytogenetics Gallery
For more information on genetic testing for infectious diseases:
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Nucleic acid amplification testing: the new infectious disease testing method for donor blood
The following links will provide you with excellent basic information on human genetics, clinical genetic testing, genetic counseling, and other issues that surround genetics tests:
National Cancer Institute: Understanding Gene Testing (Excellent resource, slide show format)
US Department of Health & Human Services: Understanding Gene Testing
American College of Medical Genetics website provides education, resources and a voice for the medical genetics profession (This is an advanced site)
The National Human Genome Research Institute (This site explains many of the privacy, legal, and ethical issues surrounding clinical gene testing)
Genetic Alliance: a consumer organization that serves as a provider of essential quality genetics information and resources
Genetics Education Center (This is an outstanding site for educators and has numerous links to other education-oriented sites)
