Dr. Bhamre Disease topics and websites Bio/Final exams List of diseases and sites to use

Dr. Bhamre Disease topics and websites

Bio/Final exams

List of diseases and sites to use

1. 
   Tay Sachs: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002390/
   

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/tay-sachs-disease

animation http://www.ygyh.org/tay/cause.htm

2. 
   Cystic Fibrosis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001167/
   

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/cystic-fibrosis

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/genetherapy/ or http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/genetherapy/gtintro/ not an animation but a tutorial

3. 
   Mitochondrial Disease/Disorders; quite a large group of disorders. I am not picking a specific one but you need to get generalized information on this type of disorders. mtDNA means mitochondrial DNA and nDNA means nuclear DNA
   

http://www.umdf.org/site/pp.aspx?c=8qKOJ0MvF7LUG&b=7934627

http://www.medicinenet.com/mitochondrial_disease/article.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/mitochondrial-faq.html

4. 
   Friedreich’s Ataxia
   

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002384/

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/friedreich-ataxia

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/friedreichs_ataxia/detail_friedreichs_ataxia.htm

5. 
   Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
   

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002165/

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/x-linked-adrenoleukodystrophy

http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/genomics/2011/Hayes/Adrenoleukodystrophy1.html

If you can watch the movie called Lorenzo’s oil and summarize it for your power point presentation.

http://umm.edu/health/medical/ency/articles/adrenoleukodystrophy

6. 
   Diabetes
   

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002194/

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/type-1-diabetes
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetes/basics/causes/con-20033091

7. 
   Leukemia
   

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leukemia.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/leukemia/htm/index.htm very good tutorial

You can then use any one of the leukemica’s and give information specific to it. http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/search?query=Leukemia+&Search=

1. 
   Core binding factor acute myeloid leukemia (CBF-AML)
   
2. 
   acute promyelocytic leukemia
   
3. 
   acute myeloid leukemia with mutated CEBPA
   

8. 
   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
   

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001708/

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis
http://www.alsa.org/about-als/what-is-als.html make sure click on the topics on the left hand side to learn more about the disease

9. 
   Marfan’s syndrome
   

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001455/

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/marfan-syndrome

http://www.marfan.org/

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1258926-overview

http://www.genome.gov/19519224

10. 
    Huntington’s disease
    

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001775/

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/huntington-disease

11. 
    Phenylketonuria
    

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002150/

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/phenylketonuria

12. 
    Trisomy 13
    

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002625/

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/trisomy-13

13. 
    Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
    

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001724/

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/duchenne-and-becker-muscular-dystrophy

http://www.genome.gov/19518854

14. 
    Gaucher Disease
    

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001590/
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/gaucher-disease

15. 
    Mad Cow Disease
    

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/mad-cow-disease-overview

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/prion-disease#definition

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/bse/

http://www.who.int/zoonoses/diseases/bse/en/

http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/mad-cow-disease/en/

16. 
    Lyme Disease
    

http://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/arthritis-lyme-disease

http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/index.html

http://www.who.int/ith/diseases/lyme/en/

http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3Aproject=medlineplus&v%3Asources=medlineplus-bundle&query=lyme+disease

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs387/en/index10.html

17. 
    Black Plague
    

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-diseases/plague-article/

http://www.cdc.gov/plague/history/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000596.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/plague/symptoms/index.html

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs267/en/

18. 
    Leprosy aka Hansen’s disease
    

http://www.cdc.gov/plague/symptoms/index.html

http://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/leprosy/understanding/pages/whatis.aspx

http://www.who.int/topics/leprosy/en/

19. African Sleeping Sickness aka Trypanosomiasis

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs259/en/

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/sleepingsickness/

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/sleepingsickness/gen_info/faqs-west.html

http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-African-Sleeping-Sickness.aspx

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001362.htm

20. 
    Ebola
    

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/index.html

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ebola.html

21. 
    West Nile virus
    

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/west-nile-virus-topic-overview

http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/index.html

http://www.medicinenet.com/west_nile_encephalitis/article.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/westnilevirus.html

22. 
    Tuberculosis
    

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/understanding-tuberculosis-basics

http://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/default.htm

http://www.webmd.com/lung/tc/tuberculosis-tb-topic-overview

23. 
    Cholera
    

http://www.cdc.gov/cholera/index.html

http://www.cdc.gov/cholera/general/

http://www.who.int/topics/cholera/en/

24. 
    Parkinson disease
    

http://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-disease/default.htm

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/parkinsons-disease/basics/definition/CON-20028488

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0024544/

25. 
    Whooping Cough/Pertussis
    

http://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/about/index.html

http://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/index.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/whoopingcough.html

http://www.webmd.com/children/guide/whooping-cough-symptoms-treatment

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/whooping-cough/basics/definition/con-20023295

http://www.who.int/topics/pertussis/en/

26. 
    Small pox
    

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/smallpox/faq/en/

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/disease/

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/smallpox-causes-treatment

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smallpox.html

27. 
    Malaria
    

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/malaria.html

http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/faqs.html

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/malaria/basics/definition/con-20013734

http://www.who.int/topics/malaria/en/

http://www.medicinenet.com/malaria_facts/article.htm

28. 
    Polio
    

http://www.cdc.gov/polio/

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/polio/basics/definition/CON-20030957

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/polioandpostpoliosyndrome.html

29. 
    Parkinson’s Disease
    

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parkinsonsdisease.html

http://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-disease/default.htm

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_disease.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0024544/

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/parkinsons-disease/basics/definition/CON-20028488