The Oregon Department of Health and Human Services has a special Web site on genetic research: http://egov.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/genetics/research.shtml. You can call the Providence Integrity Line at 1-888-294-8455 for more information. Additionally, you may call 503-574-9816 or 503-574-9123.

The basis for many, if not most, diseases can be found in our genes. Genes and their protein products determine how we look and develop, how efficiently we process foods, how effectively we detoxify poisons and how vigorously we respond to infections. It is thought that more than 4,000 diseases arise from changed or mutated genes that are inherited from one's mother and/or father.

in all genetic research, the privacy and the confidentiality of participants and of their results must be protected. Additionally, while genetic information is individual, it also pertains to the family and in a large sense to the population as a whole. Furthermore, population biobanks of genetic material have unique challenges.

No. AGRE is an open resource - a repository that provides DNA samples and clinical data from multiplex families to qualified researchers.

Genetic research is the study of whether there are genetic reasons for certain diseases and health conditions, such as obesity, Alzheimer’s disease and some cancers.

Take a look at the Weekly Update feature located in the left column our website. The update includes articles about important research findings each week; back issues of the Weekly Update are accessible as well. Under “Links” on our homepage, there are a number of items you may find useful. In particular, under “Federal Agencies” you will find a link to the National Institutes of Health where many genetic studies are conducted.

Several researchers are doing Linkage Studies to evaluate families in which more than one member has lupus. They hope to be able to identify a gene or genes that are responsible for lupus. Undoubtedly the resources of all of these groups will eventually be pooled, but there is much to be gained from the current phase of multiple independent efforts. Participation in multiple studies is encouraged. More are listed in the Clinical Trials section.

Providence does only a limited amount of genetic research. We may receive requests from other providers who are conducting anonymous or coded genetic research. 

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Cross-sectional research" means that the study takes place at one point in time and considers an ensemble of variables (state of health, blood count, family history, etc). Longitudinal research" studies participants over a longer or shorter period of time. It could consider an ensemble of variables that vary over time. This type of research could be retrospective (for example, from yesterday to today) or prospective (for example, from yesterday until tomorrow). It raises specific ethical issues.

Not appreciably, but new findings will greatly influence the future practice of medicine. In fact, genetics may completely change the way diseases are defined. Whereas we now identify and treat a disease as a set of observable signs and symptoms (phenotype), we are learning that it may be possible to identify and treat disease based on genetic information (genotype) as well as phenotype. For example: Colon cancer was once thought to be a single disease.

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This is the theory that the susceptibility or predisposition to vitiligo is genetic, and that some defect in the genetic structure, makes people more susceptible to vitiligo. While we do see vitiligo in more than one family member about 20% of the time, about 80% of patients report no other family members with vitiligo. Many experts agree that not everyone who is susceptible to vitiligo will necessarily develop it.

Some types of epilepsy run in families. If you have generalized epilepsy, your first-degree relatives (parents, siblings, and children) have about a four-fold increased risk for epilepsy. First-degree relatives of people with partial seizures have twice the risk of developing epilepsy as the general population. Although there is some increased risk, it is important to remember that the overall risk of epilepsy in other family members is still low.

A tissue sample can be obtained by taking blood or by doing a cheek swab. Both ways are reliable. About 15% of those with iron overload do not have mutations of HFE. Genetic testing does not provide information about tissue iron levels.

Genetic tests, also called DNA-based tests, are some of the newest and most sophisticated techniques that we can use to test for genetic diseases. Most tests involve looking directly at the DNA in a specific disease-associated gene. The actual information of each gene is carried within the DNA itself. The DNA can be taken from cells in a sample of blood or, occasionally, from other body fluids or tissues.

Genetic counseling is a communication process which deals with the human problems associated with the occurrence, or the risk of occurrence, of a genetic disorder or birth defect in a family. As part of this process, the patient obtains information regarding diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and inheritance of the genetic condition or birth defect of concern to the family. In some cases genetic testing is available for specific genetic diseases.