Teachers & Students – Page 3 – Michigan Genetics Resource Center

Genetics Home Reference

This website provides information about the effects of genetic variations on human health with details on genetic conditions, genes, and chromosomes.

Link to resource:
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/

NOVA: Cracking the Code of Life

This two-hour special, hosted by ABC “Nightline” correspondent Robert Krulwich, chronicles the fiercely competitive race to capture one of the biggest scientific prizes ever: the complete letter-by-letter sequence of genetic information that defines human life – the human genome.

Link to resource:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/cracking-the-code-of-life.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC collaborates to create the expertise, information and tools people and communities need to protect their health through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability and preparedness for new health threats.

Link to resource:
https://www.cdc.gov/

US Surgeon General’s Family Health History Initiative

This initiative focuses on the importance of family history and encourages all American families to learn more about their own histories and provides a Family History Portrait Tool to track and share this information among family members.

Link to resource:
http://www.hhs.gov/familyhistory/