CSHL Library and Archives
CSHL
Library Links
Genetics and Clinical Genetics
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CSHL
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| Atlas of
Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology http://www.infobiogen.fr/services/chromcancer/index.html |
A peer reviewed on-line journal and database in free access on internet devoted to genes, cytogenetics, and clinical entities in cancer, and cancer-prone diseases. |
| Foundations
of Classical Genetics (Electronic Scholarly Publishing) http://www.esp.org/foundations/genetics/classical/ |
A collection of source material (books, papers, and educational items) relating to the foundations of classical genetics. This site also contains Genetics in Context, a dual timeline, with scientific events (especially those relevant to classical genetics) presented against those of general historical and cultural interest. |
| GeneTests http://www.genetests.org/ |
GeneTests Web site is a publicly funded medical genetics information resource developed for physicians, other healthcare providers, and researchers, available at no cost to all interested persons. Information includes disease reviews, lab and clinic directories, and educational materials. |
| Genetics
Home Reference http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ |
The National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes responsible for those conditions. |
| HealthWeb.com
- Genetics Section http://www.healthweb.org/browse.cfm?subjectid=42 |
Excellent listing of databases,resources, etc. compiled by the Taubman Medical Library, University of Michigan |
| HUM-MOLGEN http://www.hum-molgen.de/ |
This web resource allows genetics professionals (clinicians and researchers) and patients to share the latest information on human molecular genetics. HUM-MOLGEN is an internaltional 'moderated communication service in human genetics' and includes a variety of services and discussion groups. Researchers and clinicians can send messages to identify potential collaborative research groups, locate equipment and protocols, share insights into difficult diagnoses, etc.: patients can request inforamton through the HUM-MOLGEN editorial board. Includes multiple links to other genetics web pages. |
| Information
for Genetics Professionals (University of Kansas Medical Center) http://www.kumc.edu/gec/geneinfo.html |
The most diverse and comprehensive web site with information for clinicians, patients, educators, students and reserachers. The page links to scores of genetics support groups, genetics society web pages and information on genetics meetings and conferences. A genetics education center includes dozens of curricula from grade school through college level and links to profesisonal elvel genetics courses and materials written for the lay pubic. Ethical, Legal and Social Inplications (ELSI) of the Human Genome Project, and frequently asked questions on genetics and genetic disorders are also covered. A search engine helps locate information buried in theis informaton-rich site. |
| National
Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) http://www.rarediseases.org/ |
NORD provides information and services on 'rare' disorders; those which affect less than 200,000 individuals in the Unived States (there are over 5000 rare disorders). NORD is a group of 140 not-for-profit voluntary health organizations, whose mission is "working toward the prevention, treatment and cure of rare orphan diseases" (many of which are genetic in nature). This web site has three searchable databases: Rare Diseases (over 1100), Organizational Database, and Orphan Drug Database (over 900 drugs). Short descriptions are available free of charge; fulltext documents are available at cost. This page links to the NORD Medication Assistance Program, Used Medical Equipment Exchange, research grant program, and NORD's newsletter, Orphan Disease Update. |
| Office of
Genomics and Disease Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/default.htm |
The mission of this office is to "integrate advances in human gentics into public health research, policy and program development and evaluation". This office helps public health officials, clinicians and educatiors apply genetics to disease prevention. The page links to factsheets and the e-newsletter Genetics & Disease Prevention, which includes genetics announcements, updates on scientific discovery, a detailed "genetics in the news" section and upcoming genetics events. The site also links to a "careers in genetics" page. |
| Online
Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/ |
This site is probably the best place to start for comprehensive overviews of genetic disorders. OMIM is the online version of the popular 3 volume print set Mendelian Inheritance in Man. Covers of 11,000 human genes and genetic disorders in up-to-date braod overvies (you can think of these as review articles that are constantly updated). Includes information on clinical features, inheritance, mapping, molecular genetics, pathogenesis, diagnosis, clinical management, animal models, allelic variations, population genetics, etc., if known for a particular human gene or genetic disorder. References include links to PubMed records/abstracts, as well as a variety of "researchy" databases (GenBank, Protien Databank, Genome Database, Mouse Genome Database, etc.). Reviews are updated as knowledge is discovered; records provide update history dates. Written at the advanced student/professional level. |