Genetic Defects: The Broken Code
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Features several researchers explaining the medical advances occurring in the field of genetics and the new ability to bring genetic counseling to families who have genetic problems. Explains the recessive, dominant, and sex-linked patterns of inheritance and interviews people whose lives have been affected by such genetic diseases as cystic fibrosis, Huntington's chorea, hemophilia, combined immune deficiency, Down's syndrome, and sickle cell anemia. Discusses genetic screening, the new-found ability to examine potential parents and predict the likelihood that they will have children with certain genetic diseases, in terms of the ethical, legal, and moral questions raised.
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