Genetic Disease Research

Search for the name of your disease in one of these resources. For a list of diseases to study, click here.

Recommended Websites:

• Mayo Clinic – Use the search bar at the top of the page. Look at the menu on the left side of the page once you have clicked on your search topic.
• National Library of Medicine, Genetics Home Reference – Use the search bar at the top of the page. When you click on a result, scroll down the page  to see all the topics for that condition.

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Genetic Diseases

The words in parentheses are a synonym for the disease.

Cystic fibrosis
Huntington’s chorea (Huntington’s disease)
Down Syndrome
Sickle Cell Anemia
Hemophilia
Family Hypercholesterolemia
Myotonic Dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
Retinoblastoma
Marfan syndrome
Achondroplasia
Neurofibromatosis
Color blindness
Albinism
Tay-Sachs Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
Cri-du-Chat
Patau Syndrome (Trisomy 13)