Introduction to Genetics & Medicine

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition caused by the inheritance of a gene variation. Some people are interested...

Genetic tests can provide useful information for making healthcare decisions. However, patients often find it difficult to understand what...

The development of human traits, including health, is complex. Scientific studies have found that a person’s traits are the...

There is an extreme shortage of organs for people who need donations and scientists are challenged with finding a...

Why might families affected by a rare genetic disorder look to genetic testing and advances in genetic research? In...

A scientist and a social scientist discuss the power and peril of using categories to understand human differences, particularly...

Reproductive genetic technologies, including preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), can allow people to learn more...

Mike shares a personal look at the opportunities to apply new genetic testing to common problems – in this...

Alison, Chris, and Paul share some thoughts on disability, disease, and how we talk about biological differences. They talk...

Social worker Allison shares her thoughts about working with teenagers who have a family history of cancer, and the...

Allison describes the revealing choices made by a young teenager whose mother died from breast cancer and seeks to...

Mapping the human genome – the Human Genome Project – was one piece of the puzzle toward understanding our...

Mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) is a new technique that enables prospective parents to avoid passing down certain serious medical...

Public engagement requires us to interrogate our language and the thinking behind it. What ideas are embedded in our...

Recently developed techniques to easily modify DNA, known as “genome editing,” are bringing many new possibilities as well as...

This pgEd presentation gives an overview of the rapidly evolving field of genome editing and one of its newest...

This lesson introduces students to the recent advances in genetics, genetic testing, and genome sequencing. It presents some of...

Our ‘Introduction to Personal Genetics’ gives an overview of how genetics may become relevant to our everyday lives. We...

Linda talks about the excitement in genetics and relates a personal story that illustrates why some people are fearful...

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is caused by a common genetic variation that affects a person’s red blood cells. This...