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  1. Inheriting Genetic Conditions: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... history? What are the different ways a genetic condition can be inherited? If a genetic disorder runs ... the chances that my children will have the condition? What are reduced penetrance and variable expressivity? What ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/inheritance - Genetics
  2. Why are some genetic conditions more common in particular ethnic groups?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... If one of these shared genes contains a disease-causing variant (also known as a mutation), a ... frequently seen in the group. Examples of genetic conditions that are more common in particular ethnic groups ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/inheritance/ethnicgroup - Genetics
  3. How are genetic screening tests different from genetic diagnostic tests?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... an individual’s risk of developing a genetic condition, while diagnostic tests identify genetic conditions. All genetic tests have both benefits and limitations . ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/testing/differenttests - Genetics
  4. What are secondary findings from genetic testing?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... to discover the genetic cause of a particular condition, the test will often sequence one or a ... finds a variant that is associated with a condition other than the one for which testing was ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/testing/secondaryfindings - Genetics
  5. What do the results of direct-to-consumer genetic testing mean?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... not meant to diagnose, prevent, or treat any disease or health condition. It is useful to keep this distinction in ... provide information about your chance of developing certain diseases (such as celiac disease or Parkinson's disease ) ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../dtcgenetictesting/dtcresults - Genetics
  6. What are genome-wide association studies?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... help scientists identify genes associated with a particular disease (or another trait). This method studies the entire ... occur more frequently in people with a certain disease than in people without it. These SNPs are ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/genomicresearch/gwastudies - Genetics
  7. What is gene therapy?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... is a medical approach that treats or prevents disease by correcting the underlying genetic problem. Gene therapy ... new gene into cells to help fight a disease. Introduce a non-faulty copy of a gene ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/therapy/genetherapy - Genetics
  8. What are complex or multifactorial disorders?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    Researchers are learning that nearly all conditions and diseases have a genetic component. Some disorders, such as sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis , are caused by variants (also known ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../mutationsanddisorders/complexdisorders - Genetics
  9. Can changes in noncoding DNA affect health and development?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... contain genes (noncoding DNA) can also lead to disease. Many regions of noncoding DNA play a role ... disorders such as isolated Pierre Robin sequence . This condition is caused by changes in regions of noncoding ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../noncondingdnahealth - Genetics
  10. What is the Precision Medicine Initiative?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... determine the best approach to prevent or treat disease. The Precision Medicine Initiative has both short-term ... more effective treatments for various forms of this disease. The long-term goals of the Precision Medicine ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../precisionmedicine/initiative - Genetics
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