Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.

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Genetic disorders

Gene therapy

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Experimental treatment of a genetic disorder by replacing, supplementing, or manipulating the expression of abnormal genes with normally functioning genes. 2) An experimental procedure aimed at ...

Keratin

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Family of cystine-rich proteins that tend to aggregate in side-to- side fashion, forming tough filaments or sheets; main constituent of intermediate filaments in epidermal tissues. 2) Any of ...

Faeces

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Excretion in semisolid state processed by the intestine. 2) The material discharged from the bowel during defecation. It consists of undigested food, intestinal mucus, epithelial cells, and ...

Dendrite

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Extensions of the nerve cell body. They are short and branched and receive stimuli from other neurons. 2) A branching protoplasmic process of a neuron that receive and integrate signals coming ...

Bradycardia

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Excessive slowness in the action of the heart, usually with a heart rate below 60 beats per minute. 2) An abnormally slow heartbeat; as applied in adult medicine, it is defined as a heart rate of ...

Tachycardia

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) Excessive rapidity in the action of the heart, usually with a heart rate above 100 beats per minute. 2) Relatively rapid heart action whether physiological (as after exercise) or pathological.