The Human Genome Project – discovering the human blueprint
Activity 2
Creating a table of human genetic diseases
Draw up a three-column table with one column headed 'Disease', one headed 'Cause' and one headed 'Comments'.
Do library research to fill in the table for at least five genetic diseases.
In the comments column you could refer to such things as the advantages and disadvantages of diagnosis, the possibility of treatment and the likely impact of the Human Genome Project.
Teachers notes
Students should be able to find information on the following diseases: Huntington disease; cystic fibrosis; thalassaemia; phenylketonuria; haemophilia; Turner syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome.
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Posted February 1997.
Posted February 1997.