hereditary disease

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"Is it just a matter of whether to define hereditary disease as a disease?"

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Harrington told the Journal the example shows that significant numbers of couples globally face difficult choices about biological children and hereditary disease, and he wasn’t suggesting a starting point for clinical use.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

At an adaptive sports session early this year, the group made contact with Walt Raineri, a former paralympian in sailing with retitnitus pigmentosa — a hereditary disease that attacks the retinas.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

Although people of African ancestry are most frequently and severely affected by this hereditary disease, its genetic underpinnings in this population have rarely been studied.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

Tuberculosis used to be considered the hereditary disease par excellence.

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.