18 March 2007
The test, the counselor said, had come back positive.
Katharine Moser (23 years of age) inhaled sharply. She thought she was as ready as anyone could be to face her genetic destiny. She had attended a genetic counseling session and visited a psychiatrist, as required by the clinic. She had undergone the recommended neurological exam. And yet, she realized in that moment, she had never expected to hear those words.
“What do I do now?” Ms. Moser asked.
Huntington's Disease , is an incurable brain disorder, a disease of the CNS. It can now be detected by a relatively simple genetic test. Increasingly, the science of medicine is finding a genetic link, and an exact chromosome location for many "diseases," "syndromes," "disorders," and "illnesses." Is that a good thing?
Here is a Link to the NYTimes video
Here is a Link to the entire NYTimes article from 18 March 2007
Blog Topic Questions:
1. What chromosome is it that causes Huntington's Disease?
2. What would you do in a situation like this? Would you go for genetic counseling or not? Why or why not?
3. Post a link that is connected to one one of the following topics:
electrophoresis
genetic counseling
DNA fingerprinting
Katharine Moser (23 years of age) inhaled sharply. She thought she was as ready as anyone could be to face her genetic destiny. She had attended a genetic counseling session and visited a psychiatrist, as required by the clinic. She had undergone the recommended neurological exam. And yet, she realized in that moment, she had never expected to hear those words.
“What do I do now?” Ms. Moser asked.
Huntington's Disease , is an incurable brain disorder, a disease of the CNS. It can now be detected by a relatively simple genetic test. Increasingly, the science of medicine is finding a genetic link, and an exact chromosome location for many "diseases," "syndromes," "disorders," and "illnesses." Is that a good thing?
Here is a Link to the NYTimes video
Here is a Link to the entire NYTimes article from 18 March 2007
Blog Topic Questions:
1. What chromosome is it that causes Huntington's Disease?
2. What would you do in a situation like this? Would you go for genetic counseling or not? Why or why not?
3. Post a link that is connected to one one of the following topics:
electrophoresis
genetic counseling
DNA fingerprinting
# posted by Henry @ 9:44 PM 
