Genetic predisposition to disease is very important. About one-third of all cancers are due to genetic predisposition. Also, about 10% of all cancers may have been caused by an abnormal gene for which doctors today have genetic tests available. Consequently, making certain that you get tests for a gene mutation that can cause cancer when you have a high family risk is important for you and your family.
In a recent article, C. Bellcross and…
Approximately 30% of cancers are caused by hereditary tendency to get cancer. In other diseases, such as cardiac disease, bone disease, and lung disease, diabetes, and high cholesterol, the hereditary tendency to develop the disease is also very strong.
The Supreme Court recently ruled that in the case of a gene test for breast and ovarian cancer (BRCA1 and BRCA2), the gene itself could not be patented. It did specify that the synthetic DNA, used…