Cri-du-Chat

    #123450 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    Cri-Du-Chat Syndrome Support Group

     Chromosome diagram A simple diagram of chromosome 5, which
            has the bands marked very clearly.  ( The page is an advertisment for
            a company producing materials for genetic analysis. )

    Washington University The Human Chromosome 5 Homepage.
            Lots of technical stuff.

    Chromosome Deletion Outreach An international organisation linking
            families with rare chromosome disorders, especially deletions.
















Cystic Fibrosis

    #219700 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    Cystic Fibrosis Yahoo Health Diseases Conditions

    UNC-CH Scientists Link Mutation To Milder Forms Of Cystic Fibrosis

    Hopkins Researchers Find Drug May Help Cystic Fibrosis Patients

    Successful Specialist Care For Cystic Fibrosis Patients From
                 Childhood To Adulthood

    Cystic Fibrosis Gene Protects Against Typhoid Fever

    New Genome Project Hits WWW

    False Security: You Can't Always Believe The Results Of A Genetic Test

    Scientists Discover A Secret Of Bacterial Communication

    Killing Fields: A Bacterial Pesticide May Threaten Human Life

    C-F Web: Online Information About Cystic Fibrosis

    Debilitating Pancreatic Disorder Linked To Cystic Fibrosis Gene

    Science News Online - This Week - News Feature - 4/26/97

    Increased Frequency of Cystic Fibrosis among Infants with Jejunoileal Atresia

    cystic fibrosis : medical photographs

    UI Researchers Find Potential Gene Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis

    Scientists Discover How Cystic Fibrosis Badly Damages Lungs Of
                 Young Patients

    Shellfish Toxin Study Provides Possible Clue To Cystic Fibrosis Therapy

    The DNA Files - GENE THERAPY - The Topic In-Depth

    The DNA Files - Resources - Genes & Medicine

    The DNA Files - PRENATAL GENETIC TESTING - Hear the Program

    Targeted genetics presents promising data from cystic fibrosis clinical trial

    Study shows receptor molecule facilitates introduction of corrected genes into cells

    Cystic fibrosis splicing experiments offer hope for improved treatments

    UI researchers: step made in developing gene therapy to treat cystic fibrosis

    More Cystic Fibrosis Patients Will Die Waiting For Lung Transplants,

    Cystic fibrosis gene undetected in screening of infertile men

    Discovery might boost cystic fibrosis therapy

    UNC-CH Studies Show Medicine Can Reverse Osteoporosis From
                   Transplants, Cystic Fibrosis
 
 

















Diabetes

    *222100 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    #125850 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    #125853  Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    Diabetes Yahoo Health Diseases Conditions

    Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus@ Yahoo Health Diseases Conditions: Genetic

    Adult-Onset Diabetes: An 'Imbalancing' Act

    Compound In Meat Prevents Diabetes, Study Suggests

    Researchers Develop New Screening Method For Diabetes

    Gene Mutation Associated With Rare Form Of Diabetes

    UT Southwestern physicians to test oral insulin to prevent type I diabetes

    Glucose Metabolism Defect In Rare Form Of Type 2 Diabetes Revealed

    Antioxidants May Reduce Harmful Complications Of Diabetes

    International Research Group Locates New Gene Linked To Type 2 Diabetes

    Harvard And UF Researchers: Immune System Protein May Protect Against
               Insulin-Dependent Diabetes

    Rockefeller University Researchers Hunt For Type 2 Diabetes
                 Susceptibility Genes

    Cellular 'Short Circuit' Causes Insulin Resistance

    Study Links Colon Cancer To Diabetes Drug

    Low-Fat Diet Alone Reversed Type 2 Diabetes In Mice

    Managing High Blood Pressure In Type 2 Diabetes Sufferers Could
                 Save Lives

    Researchers Identify And Isolate First Gene For A Form Of
                 Insulin-Dependent Diabetes

    type 1 diabetes : medical photographs

    Encapsulating Insulin-Producing Cells For Possible Diabetes Therapy

    Changes In The Retina As A Result Of Complications From Diabetes

    Diabetes & Holiday Foods: Cedars-Sinai Physician Offers Tips

    Mini-Pill Increases Risk Of Chronic Diabetes In Women With History
                 Of Diabetes During Pregnancy

    The DNA Files - PRENATAL GENETIC TESTING - The Topic In-Depth

    The DNA Files - Transgenics Scenario

    Genuth receives award from American Diabetes Association

    NIH announces new clinical trials of promising transplant therapy for diabetes

    Scientists successfully grow insulin-secreting cells to treat diabetes

    New evidence suggests that Avandia improves beta cell function in the pancreas

    Immune tolerance network to fund expanded clinical trial of edmonton
                   islet transplant technique

    Genes may help protect kidneys from diabetes damage
 
 

















Down Syndrome

    #190685  Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    Down Syndrome Yahoo Health Diseases Conditions

    Trisomy Yahoo Health Diseases Conditions

    First Trimester Screening For Down Syndrome Possible

    Mouse Model Of Down Syndrome Offers Glimpse Into Role Of Specific
                 Genes In The Disorder

    Down Syndrome Babies Helped By Earlier Walking Intervention

    Down Syndrome Research Foundation and Resource Centre Home Page

    Down Syndrome World Wide Web Page

    DownsNet Home Page

    Advanced Maternal Age and the Risk of Down Syndrome Characterized
                 by the Meiotic Stage of the Chromosomal Error

    Down syndrome (Trisomy 21)  : photographs

    Combined Use Of New, Non-Invasive Screening Techniques In First
                 Trimester May Yield Earlier Evidence Of Fetal Birth Defects

    The DNA Files - Resources

    The DNA Files - Resources - Genes & Medicine

    Brain-wiring receptor shows extraordinary diversity

    The German-Japanese Consortium deciphers human chromosome 21 -

    Oral pathogens put children with down syndrome at high risk

    Hopkins team verifies first down syndrome mouse

    Progress in mental retardation research

    Alzheimer's Disease Begins Before Symptoms Appear
 
 
















Dwarfism

    245590  Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    #100800  Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    Achondroplasia

    Researchers Invent Mouse Model For Use In Studies Of Laron Syndrome

    Dwarfism@ Yahoo Health Diseases Conditions

    Science News Magazine Editor's Picks - ms_1.htm

    New Form Of Inherited Dwarfism In Large Pakistani Family Caused By
                 Genetic Mutation In A Pituitary Receptor

    The DNA Files - Resources - Genes & Society

    Uncommon Procedure Enables Patients With Dwarfism To Do "Simple Things"

     Researchers decode human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19
 
 







Epilepsy

    Epilepsy Yahoo Health Diseases Conditions

    American Epilepsy Society

    Epilepsy Education Association, Inc.

    Scientists Find Gene For Severe Form Of Epilepsy

    Epilepsy Drugs Can Lead To Unplanned Pregnancy

    ORNL Finds Common Genetic Cause For Epilepsy, Migraine

    Researchers Pinpoint Site For Petit Mal Seizures In Brain

    KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting
                 Epileptic Seizures

    Dietary Deficiency Increases Susceptibility To Epileptic Seizures

    Human Brain Transplantation Protocol Approved To Reverse Nerve
                 And Brain Damage

    The DNA Files - GENE THERAPY - The Topic In-Depth

    Genetic mutations associated with epilepsy

    Epilepsy Research Advance Reported At Jackson Laboratory

     Medical Tip Sheet B

    Cedars-Sinai Scientists Localize New Ataxia/Epilepsy Gene

New gene identified: Involved in both intellectual disability and epilepsy
 
















Fragile X

    *309550  Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    Fragile X Syndrome@ Yahoo Health Diseases Conditions: Genetic

    Emory University Fragile X Group Receives NIH Program Grant

    Visualization Of Fragile X Protein Helps Explain Its Function And Possible
                 Relation To Mental Retardation

    Fragile X syndrome : photographs

     Understanding key protein in Fragile X syndrome

    Researchers Convene To Discuss New Findings Linking DNA Repeats
                To Human Disease

    Researchers Find Production Point Of Key Protein In Fragile X Syndrome

    Fragile X brain synapses mostly undeveloped, researchers say
 
 
















Galactosemia

      *230400 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

     Galactosemia@ Yahoo Health Diseases Conditions: Genetic
 
 















Gaucher's Disease

    *230800 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    #230900 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    #231000 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    Gaucher Disease A quick reference guide to the Lysosomal Diseases

    Gaucher's Association U.K. Home Page
 
 


















Hemochromatosis

    *235200  Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry

    602390  Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Entry
 

    Blood Disorders Yahoo Health Diseases Conditions

    Hemochromatosis Yahoo Health Diseases Conditions

    hemochromatosis : medical photographs

    Genetic Research Boosts Understanding Of Iron's Path Through Body,
               Diseases Of Iron Metabolism

    New links found between an 'iron' gene mutation and increased risk for
               heart attack and stroke

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