PPT-Huntington's Disease & Genetic Counseling

Chloe Whitten October 2nd 2022 After this presentation participants should be able to Define the following key terms gene autosomal dominant repeat expansion amp anticipation Understand the role of a genetic counselor in clinical care of Huntingtons Disease. Huntingtons disease and Alzheimers disease have opened the way for exploring gene…environment interactions in neurodegeneration. Impressive effects of environmental enrichment have Halesite Huntington Walt Whitman Shops South Huntington Huntington LIRR (6 31 ) 427 - 8287 for more information HAR - TBUS HART (Monday - Saturday, 7am - 7pm) http://HuntingtonNY.gov/HART Travel Infor Josiah McFarland, . Mattina. . Girardot. , Elaine Platt. Huntington’s Disease Treatments and Therapies . No treatments, medications, or therapies can cure HD or alter the course of the disease . The disease cannot be stopped or slowed down at this point, only maintained. . Huntington’s Disease. The . H. untington disease . was named for . George Huntington . He was the first physician to described this disease in 1872. . Huntington Disease . used to be known as . Son Dong, Justin Wise, Niket Yadav. . History. Confusing disease . in mid . 1. 6. 00s. Had different names based on symptoms. First mention was in 1842. Major discoveries occurred . after:. Charles Gorman, Johan Lund. December 10, 2018. OT-PM-19-001. Informational Webinar. 2. The . All of Us.  Research Program is a historic, longitudinal effort to . gather data from one million or more people. living in the United States . I.Antonucci. , . Molecular Genetics. “G. . d'Annunzio. ” University, . Chieti. Request. of . genetic. . testing. Genetic counseling: a multistep process. WHO IS A CANDIDATE FOR CANCER GENETIC COUNSELING AND TESTING?. What is prenatal genetic counseling? exciting,andsometimesoverwhelming,timeexpectantparents.genetic counseling disease.   Geneticmembershealthspecializedmedical counseling.geneticscreeningtestingb Hanan Hamamy Department of Genetic Medicine and Development Geneva University Hospital Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Geneva 2010 What is Genetic Counseling? Genetic couns Medical Genetics,University of Washington 1 The decision of whether or not to have testing for Huntington disease (HD) is a very complex and personal one. Each individual in a fwith HD will feel diffe Huntington Society of Canada 151 Frederick St., Suite 400, Kitchener ON N2H 2M2 1-800-998-7398 info@huntingtonsociety.ca www.huntingtonsociety.ca Charitable Registration Number 11896 5516 RR0001 Wh Department of Biology and Department of Bioengineering, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA*Authors for correspondence (e-mail: zhqi@sas.upenn.edu; markjo@seas.upenn.edu) Hunting for the discover. educate. advocate. Parent with HuntingtonNormal Parent Parent with HuntingtonParent with Huntington Parent with HuntingtonNormal Parent ProteinProtein10-16 repeatsTriplet RepeatGene 37-80 (She/Her). Certified Genetic Counselor. Genetics…Genetics everywhere!. 3-7% of the population. will be diagnosed with a genetic disorder.. All diseases. . or medical conditions. have a genetic component..