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Core Concepts in Health, 9/e
Paul M. Insel, Stanford University School of Medicine
Walton T. Roth, Stanford University School of Medicine

Taking Charge of Your Health

Chapter 1 in the News Links

Deciphering the Human Genome

(See the In the News box on p. 10 in your text.)


For more information on the Human Genome Project, visit the following sites:

http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/HGP National Institutes of Health: National Human Genome Research Institute

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/human National Institutes of Health: National Center for Biotechnology Information

http://www.nature.com/genomics Nature Genome Information Centre

http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis U.S. Department of Energy: Human Genome Project Information

http://www.er.doe.gov/production/ober/hug_top.html U.S. Department of Energy: Human Genome Research

http://www.gene-watch.org Council for Responsible Genetics

http://genome.ucsc.edu Human Genome Working Draft

For basic background information on genetics and gene sequencing, refer to the following sites:

http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/DIR/VIP/Glossary NIH National Human Genome Research Institute's illustrated glossary of genetics terms

http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/graphics/slides/images1.html U.S. Department of Energy's image gallery