In this assignment, you will be researching a disease/illness linked to genetic

mutation, and therefore, gene expression. You will also be investigating how

different methods of genetic screening can help in the prediction and

diagnosis of your selected disease, as well as how gene therapy could

potentially be used to treat your disease.

When selecting your disease, you should select a disease that is

developed at some point during a person's life, as opposed to a

congenital disease (something that a person is born with). You

should also not select a disease with a simple inheritance pattern

(ie. sickle cell anemia). Choose a disease that has multiple genes

interacting and is also influenced by lifestyle/environment. In other

words, don't choose a disease that you are either guaranteed to

have or not have.