Explore Genetics

How will the genomic revolution impact you?

Click on the links below to explore.

Explore genetics online

The University of Utah’s Genetic Science Learning Center offers award-winning online games, model labs, and easy-to-understand explanations of a wide range of genetics topics.

Create a Health Family Tree

Your family health history is a powerful tool for understanding your health risks and preventing disease. Download a family health history kit and start a conversation that might save your life. 

Learn about genetic diseases

Find out what it means to have a genetic predisposition to a disease and how to identify genetic disease risk factors in your family health history.

Investigate precision medicine 

Learn how precision medicine will transform your family’s health care. Discover advances that make it possible to tailor treatments to individuals and read stories of precision medicine in action.

Explore the White House Precision Medicine Initiative

Find out how this initiative will pioneer a new model of patient-powered research to accelerate biomedical discoveries and provide clinicians with new tools, knowledge, and therapies.