Genetics Research
A great deal has been accomplished in the area of genetics research in
the last five years. There is not a single CMT disease, but many variations
of CMT caused by different genetic defects. The identification of the causal
genes can be used for: diagnosis, career planning, family planning, and
potentially, gene therapy. Last updated: 7/25/1996.
Synopsis of CMT genetic types
CMT/HMSN
genetic types page from the Neuromuscular Disease Center at the
Washington University School of Medicine.
The best CMT genetic information on-line is located at Baylor
College of Medicine, Human
Genome Center.
The Center for the Studies of Inherited and Neurological Disease (~CSIND)
at Duke University Medical Center is engaged in genetic studies on CMT-2
and CMT-4.
Genetics Tutorial
John Hopkins Primer
on genetics
The Human Genome Project
An introduction to The
U.S. Human Genome Project is written here. Discussions on genetic
ethics can be found in the Human Genome News November
1990 and July
1991.
GDB and
OMIM on-line training is available from the University
of Nijmegen.
John Hopkins is a repository of genetics information for the Human Genome
Project. The John Hopkins server contains several items of interest:
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The Genome Database
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John Hopkins pointer to other
medical information resources
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National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCGI) Genetics Database
Entrez
brouser. Search on the keyword charcot-marie-tooth. The Entrez
brouser appears to provide another interface to a subset of MEDLINE. Contains
on-line articles.
Hyper Cell Lines Data Base for Charcot-Marie-Tooth
National Institute of Health Involvement in Genetics NIH
Sites participating in the Human Genome Project include:
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