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Genetic mutations passed from parent to child cause hereditary disease.
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Are hereditary diseases and genetic diseases the same?
Yes, they are the same thing.
What is hereditary ataxia?
One of a group of hereditary degenerative diseases of the spinal cord or cerebellum. These diseases cause tremor, spasm, and wasting of muscle.
How many diseases are presently thought to be hereditary?
There are 4 that i know of.
What are the advantages of having a designer baby?
It can cure Hereditary diseases.
What are the causes of intestinal polyps?
There are several hereditary diseases that produce large numbers of intestinal polyps. These disorders include: Familial polyposis of the colon. Gardner's syndrome. Lynch's syndrome.
Diseases that run in the family?
Diseases that run in families can be referred to as genetic or hereditary diseases. Examples include Hemophilia, Male pattern baldness, and sickle-cell disease.
Is infertility hereditary?
Most direct causes of infertility are not hereditary, however many conditions that are hereditary make make conception difficult.
What is the branch of science concerned with classification of diseases?
The branch of science concerned with the classification of diseases is called pathology, specifically clinical pathology. Pathologists play a critical role in diagnosing and classifying diseases by studying the causes, mechanisms, and effects of illnesses on the body.
Are diabetes and glaucoma hereditary diseases?
Although it seems they are in fact hereditary, one can not pass cancer nor diabetes thru genetics.
What are two diseases carried in maternal mitochondria?
The two diseases are mitochondrial myopathy and Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. The first causes weakness and intolerance of exercise & Muscle deteriation. While the second disorder causes sudden blindness when someone is in their 20s or 30s.This was retrieved from Campbell and Rece Biology Book 8th Edition.
What diseases are hereditary?
The term "hereditary disease" is usually used to refer to diseases which have a high likelihood of being inherited in one's offspring, usually by a predictable probability. For example, if you have Huntington's disease, there is a 50-50 chance that your child will have it. On the other hand, almost all diseases are more probable in the offspring of a person who has them than in the offspring of a person who does not. Thus, a tendency to develop a medical condition can run in families. Such conditions, however, are not usually referred to as hereditary diseases. For example, if you have allergies to pollens, then your children are more likely to develop such allergies, than are the children of your friend who does not have allergies.
How are Hereditary diseases treated?
Hereditary diseases are passed down from one generation to the succeeding generation through genes. A lot of research and development has been done to treat it but there is no treatment for this condition.
