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- Gene therapy.
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Victorian Clinical Genetics Services.
genetic support network victoria.
The protection of human genetic information in Australia.
The Human Genome Project.
Support groups
Genetic Support Network Victoria.
References used for this fact sheet
- Changes to chromosomes, Centre for Genetics Education, NSW Health. More information here.
- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, OMIM. McKusick-Nathans Institute for Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) and National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, MD). More information here. [Accessed June 2011].
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