Interactive Genetics

Genetics is a abstract concept. Everybody knows that genetics is about DNA, about genes, diseases and about your children. But the details are obscure to the general public. How genes are associated with diseases ? How a disease is transmitted from your grand parents to your children ? These are important questions.

However, if you try to explain these with scary terminology such as epigenetics, neural pathways, biotechnology, dominant inheritance, gene-methylation you more often scare the average Joe.

Good news this is changing. Thanks to award winning websites such as the one under the university of Utah http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/. Terms like stem cells, cloning, epigenetics, gene therapy, personalized medicine are explained in an interactive fashion.

Abstract concepts such as DNA, inheritance, genes are solidified with illustrations and animation for the detailed understanding of the non-biologists.

The material is a nice fit for high-schools, colleges and even for PhD s in non-biological sciences.

Computer technology and internet is not only there to serve the genetics nerds but also to serve the out of the field folks.

Today, there are no boundaries for information.

Information spreads out horizontally as well as vertically.

Relevant:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
http://teach.genetics.utah.edu/
http://www.dnaftb.org/
http://psych.colorado.edu/~car...