Module 3

Presymptomatic Testing For a Genetic Defect

Genetic testing lecture

• Overview

Technologies lectures

• DNA Probes
• Restriction Enzymes
• RFLP's
• PCR

Read about genetic testing and genetic counseling on-line

• Genetic Counseling definition from the American Society of Human Genetics
• Introduction to general genetic counseling and testing concepts at the GeneTests Web site. Note that access to GeneTests™ is FREE OF CHARGE. A ONE-TIME REGISTRATION process is required to obtain passwords.
• Example of an assessment questionnaire for prenatal diagnosis from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio course on Introduction to Medical Genetics (CSBL 2061), (Name: csbl, Password: Mendel {case sensitive})
• Example of a genetic testing consent form from the Medical Genetics Laboratories at the Baylor College of Medicine. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software (free).
• Information about genetic testing and genetic counseling for Huntington's Disease at the GeneClinics Web site.
• Gene testing example in the article "Understanding Gene Testing" from the National Cancer Institute.
• Genetics Privacy and Legislation from the Human Genome Project Information Web site.
• Health Insurance in the Age of Genetics from the National Human Genome Research Institute
• Genetic Information and the Workplace from the National Human Genome Research Institute

Textbook reading assignments

• Textbook, Chapter 4, pp. 77-82
• Textbook, Chapter 7, pp. 153-163