Lauren Nee

Issues in Science and Technology

Preimplantation genetic Diagnosis for CF is a great tool, but should be used carefully

The World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/en/, has a lot of useful information on PGD, including ethical issues.

On the Howard Hughes Medical Institution website, http://www.hhmi.org/, I was unable to find specifically PGD, so this site may not be as useful.

Even though I figured I would not find anything, I clicked onto the American Cancer Society website, http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp?level=0, and was unsuccessful in finding information on my topic.

Since I was unsure what The Biology Project was, I decided to click on the link, http://www.biology.arizona.edu/chh/. In looking at the site, I have found it to not be helpful for my topic. It seems to be focused more on the environment, and the human body, and not on PGD.

Next I went to the genetics glossary, http://www.genome.gov/10002096. While this has a lot of good information, I could not find specifically Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, or anything related to genetic diagnosis. It had lots of gene information, but none specifically for my needs.

The National Institute of health, http://health.nih.gov/, had some good information for genetic testing and diagnosis, specifically for CF, and other conditions as well. I will definitely find this site to be useful to my topic.

PubMed, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi, was more helpful then I thought it would be. I was able to find one good article just in the few minutes I was on the site, and I plan on returning to the site to search some more.

The Genomics Medicine website, http://nejm.org/earlyrelease/egenmed.asp, had some good information specifically on Cystic Fibrosis and genetic diagnosis. I was surprised to see how helpful the site was. I was not expecting to find much on the site.

Although not on the resource list, one site I have found very useful is The Infertility Center of St Louis, http://www.infertile.com/treatmnt/treats/pgd.htm. It has a lot of great information on PGD. It breaks down what PGD is, what DNA testing is, and also has great images of DNA cells, among other images.

I found one article from the Christian Science Monitor, http://www.csmonitor.com/, which I plan on using because it gives a look at the ethical issues raised, which is exactly where I’d like to go in my paper. I was glad to see they had an article on this topic, and plan on researching more to see if they have any other related articles.

This website, from WebMD,http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3520.htm, has a lot of great information. One thing is a table indicating ages, and risks of having PGD testing done. It also gives a history and definition of PGD. I will definitely be able to use this site.

Another site I found was http://www.pgdcenter.com/. This site seems to give basic information on PGD, and will not necessarily be as useful as the other information, but will at least give good overall information I’ll use.