Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

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

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Eugenics

Health care; Genetic disorders

Applied science or the biosocial movement which advocates the use of practises aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population. Usually refers to human populations.

The caspases are a family of proteases responsible for carrying out the cell death process. In a living cell, these proteases are kept inactive by proteins on the mitochondrial cell surface from the ...

Trisomy rescue

Health care; Genetic disorders

The phenomenon in which a fertilised ovum initially contains 47 chromosomes (i.e., is trisomic), but loses one of the trisomic chromosomes in the process of cell division such that the resulting ...

Informed consent

Health care; Genetic disorders

Permission given by an individual to proceed with a specific test or procedure, with an understanding of the risks, benefits, limitations, and potential implications of the procedure itself and its ...

Hypermobility

Health care; Genetic disorders

An increase in the range of movement of which a bodily part and especially a joint is capable (hypermobility of the left temporomandibular joint due to the looseness of the capsular ligaments--W. B. ...

Diameter

Health care; Genetic disorders

The length of a straight line that extends from one edge of an object, through its centre and to the opposite edge. It is usually used to measure the size of round or spherical shapes.