Transcript My genetic disease

My genetic condition
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Symptoms of condition
Genetic cause of condition
Inheritance of condition
Current treatment of condition
Future genetic cure
3 interesting facts
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Genetic condition rubric
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Describe symptoms of condition (10 points): What is it like to have it? How do
doctors diagnose it? Be specific.
Genetic cause (10 points): Is it a chromosomal problem? Is it a change of a base
pair? Which chromosome is it on? Be specific.
Inheritance (10 points): How is this condition passed on? Is it dominant or
recessive? Does the environment play a role? Is it sex-linked?
Current treatment (10 points): What do doctors do for the condition today?
Future genetic cure (10 points): What will doctors and scientists do in the
future?
3 interesting facts (10 points): Describe 3 more interesting aspects.
Creative display (10 points): Add pictures, a design and make it look good.
Presentation (10 points): Make it an interesting, at least 3 minute, presentation.
5 sources (10 points): Properly cite 5 sources!
Bonus (+5 points): For going above and beyond.
Websites to get started
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/geneticdisorders.html
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/geneticdisorders.html
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chrom
osome/diseaseindex.shtml
http://www.dmoz.org/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Genetic_Disor
ders/
http://www.ygyh.org/
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/gene
counseling.shtml
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/medgen/general/faqs.htm
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/45/1811_50454.htm