inherited disease

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"The only step to really improve the life of patients with inherited disease is to find out what the primary cause is. We now can attack the effects of this mutation potentially at multiple levels."

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

Jason Diaz said at a news conference Wednesday that he was diagnosed with the inherited disease at 32, had his stomach removed and has been treated with chemotherapy.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

Kyra, who has sickle cell, had suffered a devastating stroke — her second — a common complication of this inherited disease, which afflicts 100,000 Americans, most of them Black.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2021

One relies on CRISPR, marking the first inherited disease treated with the powerful tool created just 8 years ago.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 5, 2020

So Tessie Wartliz was suffering from an inherited disease commonly called "Greed."

From The Girl Scout Pioneers or Winning the First B. C. by Garis, Lilian