This website provides information in various aspects about sickle cell disease, including the cause of the disease, the inheritance mechanism, the diagnosis, treatment, and a patient describing how it is like to have sickle cell disease (Click the left panel and you will be able to enter each of these aspects). At the bottom of the website, users can link to the companion site of "DNA From the...

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Join commentators Dave Micklos and Jan Witkowski for a lively discussion of DNA in the news from world-renowned Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory! A number of recent studies have identified genes involved in common disorders, including obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Researchers used gene chips to scan hundreds of thousands of DNA variations across thousands of individuals to find...

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