How to Check Yourself for Genetic Abnormalities


	How to Check Yourself for Genetic Abnormalities
missjackson
7-8-2008 10:00 AM
127 views
missjackson says:
simple enough
Add a Comment
Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up
Where are we heading?
Top 10 Most Depressing Rock Songs
do animals feel greif?
Good question... Read on....
Alley Cats. Urban Tails
Architectural Genious Of Antoni Gaudí
More clips from missjackson

5 Health Calculators You Dont Use, But Should
Georgia: Europe wins a gold medal for defe...
Chinese populace has a crush on Kobe
Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from July 8, 2008
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/157ae079-dc8e-4084-9397-5a505ca2ba71/C8BCAF65-1B9A-434E-93BF-DA411A5D64B9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072" href="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072" style="font-size: 11px;">howto.wired.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><H2> <SPAN class="mw-headline">Option 1: Visit a Genetic Counselor</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072">To find a good one, visit the  <A title="http://www.nsgc.org/zip_search/index.cfm" class="external text" href="http://www.nsgc.org/zip_search/index.cfm">National Society of Genetic Counselors</A> website.
</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><H2> <SPAN class="mw-headline">Option 2: Scan Your Whole Genome</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><DIV class="thumbinner"><A title="23andMe's webapp" class="image" href="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Image:23andme_webapp.png"><IMG width="200" height="140" border="0" class="thumbimage" src="http://howto.wired.com/mediawiki/images/thumb/23andme_webapp.png/200px-23andme_webapp.png" alt="23andMe's webapp" /></A>  <DIV class="thumbcaption"><DIV class="magnify"><A title="Enlarge" class="internal" href="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Image:23andme_webapp.png"><IMG width="15" height="11" alt="" src="http://howto.wired.com/mediawiki/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></A></DIV>23andMe's webapp</DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><H2> <SPAN class="mw-headline">Option 3: Perform Lab Tests at Home</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><H3> <SPAN class="mw-headline">Why do it the hard way?</SPAN></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><H3> <SPAN class="mw-headline">Step 1: Swab some cells from your cheek</SPAN></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><H3> <SPAN class="mw-headline">Step 2: Extract DNA from those cells</SPAN></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><H3> <SPAN class="mw-headline">Step 3: Design and Order PCR primers and controls</SPAN></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><H3> <SPAN class="mw-headline">Step 4: Copy the DNA with the PCR reaction</SPAN></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><DIV class="thumbinner"><A title="A DNA Engine Dyad thermocycler" class="image" href="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Image:DNA_engine.jpg"><IMG width="200" height="137" border="0" class="thumbimage" src="http://howto.wired.com/mediawiki/images/thumb/DNA_engine.jpg/200px-DNA_engine.jpg" alt="A DNA Engine Dyad thermocycler" /></A>  <DIV class="thumbcaption"><DIV class="magnify"><A title="Enlarge" class="internal" href="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Image:DNA_engine.jpg"><IMG width="15" height="11" alt="" src="http://howto.wired.com/mediawiki/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></A></DIV>A DNA Engine Dyad thermocycler</DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><H3> <SPAN class="mw-headline">Step 5: Sequence the amplified genetic material</SPAN></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><DIV class="thumbinner"><A title="You'll need a cloning kit" class="image" href="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Image:Cloning_kit.jpg"><IMG width="200" height="142" border="0" class="thumbimage" src="http://howto.wired.com/mediawiki/images/thumb/Cloning_kit.jpg/200px-Cloning_kit.jpg" alt="You'll need a cloning kit" /></A>  <DIV class="thumbcaption"><DIV class="magnify"><A title="Enlarge" class="internal" href="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Image:Cloning_kit.jpg"><IMG width="15" height="11" alt="" src="http://howto.wired.com/mediawiki/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></A></DIV>You'll need a cloning kit</DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Check_Yourself_for_Genetic_Abnormalities?oldid=40072"><LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Option_1:_Visit_a_Genetic_Counselor"><SPAN class="tocnumber">1</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Option 1: Visit a Genetic Counselor</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Option_2:_Scan_Your_Whole_Genome"><SPAN class="tocnumber">2</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Option 2: Scan Your Whole Genome</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Option_3:_Perform_Lab_Tests_at_Home"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Option 3: Perform Lab Tests at Home</SPAN></A>
<UL>
<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#What_You.27ll_Need"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.1</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">What You'll Need</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Why_do_it_the_hard_way.3F"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.2</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Why do it the hard way?</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Step_1:_Swab_some_cells_from_your_cheek"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.3</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Step 1: Swab some cells from your cheek</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Step_2:_Extract_DNA_from_those_cells"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.4</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Step 2: Extract DNA from those cells</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Step_3:_Design_and_Order_PCR_primers_and_controls"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.5</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Step 3: Design and Order PCR primers and controls</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Step_4:_Copy_the_DNA_with_the_PCR_reaction"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.6</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Step 4: Copy the DNA with the PCR reaction</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Step_5:_Sequence_the_amplified_genetic_material"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3.7</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Step 5: Sequence the amplified genetic material</SPAN></A></LI></UL></LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C8BCAF65-1B9A-434E-93BF-DA411A5D64B9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard
Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment
Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch
Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map
About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA
Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from missjackson

Today's Top Clips
