Genetic Diseases:
Genetic Diseases also known as Genetic Disorder is a problem caused by abnormalties in genes or chromosones. Some diseases are caused from this for exaple cancer but they can also be caused by enviromental factors.
Facts:
-Currently round about 4,000 Genetis Disorders are known and there is even more been discoverd.
-Around 5% of Americas population carry one of the defective gene.
Genetic Testing:
Gene testing also know as DNA based tests is the newest and most sophisticated way of testing Genetic Disorders, this involes a direct test to the DNA molecule itself and other tests too.
Genetic Tests are used for:
-carrier screening, which involves identifying unaffected individuals who carry one copy of a gene for a disease that requires two copies for the disease to be expressed
-newborn screening
-confirmational diagnosis of a symptomatic individual.
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