variants
also genetical
as in hereditary
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring
hemophilia and other genetic medical disorders
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Bilateral testes atrophy may occur due to other causes (environmental or genetic).
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Matthew Wosnitzer, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Errors in the spliceosome are linked to a wide variety of diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s, genetic disorders and most types of cancer.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Continue reading … -- IN OTHER NEWS 'MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN' – Service dog helps boy with rare genetic disorder achieve ‘unbelievable’ progress.
—Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
The Remarkable Life Of Ibelin Benjamin Ree’s film tells the story of Mats Steen, a young man afflicted with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a degenerative and terminal genetic disorder.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Wosnitzer, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Errors in the spliceosome are linked to a wide variety of diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s, genetic disorders and most types of cancer.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Continue reading … -- IN OTHER NEWS 'MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN' – Service dog helps boy with rare genetic disorder achieve ‘unbelievable’ progress.
—Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
The Remarkable Life Of Ibelin Benjamin Ree’s film tells the story of Mats Steen, a young man afflicted with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a degenerative and terminal genetic disorder.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Genetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genetic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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