Chapter 14 Web Sites
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Alzheimer's Disease
- Information on diagnosis, clinical symptoms and management, genetics and genetic counseling for Alzheimer's disease.
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Hidden Benefits
- Information on cystic fibrosis and a discussion on comparative advantages of CF vs. susceptibility to Cholera. Article from Discover magazine (March 1995).
- UCSD Biochemical Genetics
- Description of various metabolic tests for genetic disorders. What do they mean, how are they carried out, and where can you get it done, etc. addressed at this location.
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HUM-MOLGEN
- A communication forum for issues related to human molecular genetics. Ethical issues, news & information for biological sciences, etc.
- About Cystic Fibrosis
- What is Cystic Fibrosis?
- Be sure to click on the several links included in this short article.
- Mentally Retarded: They Can Do It, Too
- This is an interesting article. Log on to this and you will be in Hong Kong.
- Down syndrome is probably the most common cause of mental retardation in the industrialized nations. What's more, its retardation is likely to increase: The disorder occurs most frequently when women postpone their first birth until late in life, and women today are delaying parenthood in order to pursue educational and professional goals.
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