What Can One Find Through the Genetic Alliance/NCBI Resource?
• Disease descriptions from NCBI’s Genes & Disease online book • Disease and genetic information from Genetics Home Reference (www.ghr.nlm.nih.gov) • NLM MedlinePlus Web pages, which provide extensive links to information on diagnosis and treatment of diseases, physicians in the field, relevant health organizations, and more (www.medlineplus.gov) • A guide to genetic testing, and directories of geneticists and gene testing laboratories, from GeneTests (www.genetests.org), a University of Washington service funded by NIH • Clinical trials that may be available to those with genetic diseases, via www.clinicaltrials.gov • Medical dictionaries and encyclopedias • Primers and tutorials on DNA, genetics, genome mapping, and other scientific subjects • The latest research published in scientific journals, via PubMed (www.pubmed.gov) and PubMed Central (www.pubmedcentral.gov) • Technical information about the genes, DNA sequences, chromosomes and protein structures associated with genetic dise
