Question 1

is it possible to "catch" a genetic disease?

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Not in the : Conventional sense.  A child inherits genetic disease from her/his parents.  But it is not possible to "catch" a genetic defect like you catch an infection.

Question 2

genetic disease "t s", what does it stand for?

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Tuberous Sclerosis: Tuberous sclerosis is often called ts or tsc.  It is a hereditary disorder that is characterized by individuals devoloping a small benign lesion called a hamartoma in various organs including the brain, lung and kidneys. 
Ts fact sheet from nih at http://www.Ninds.Nih.Gov/disorders/tuberous_sclerosis/detail_tuberous_sclerosis.Htm.

Question 3

how are communicable and genetic disease different?

Accepted Answer

Very different: Communicable disease are diseases that you can catch from someone else. Genetic diseases are caused by changes in your genes. Genetic diseases can only be passed on from your parents.

Question 4

can you give me suggestions with genetic disease project?

Accepted Answer

Narrow it: The more narrow the subject, the more interesting the outcome. Get a few current papers from the big journals like NEJM or Science or Nature: Genetics. Further, if your grader has some particular ideological point of view (perhaps "It is morally wrong to end pregnancies even when the unborn child has a terrible genetic disease"), don't take an opposite position. Keep it interesting.

Question 5

please tell me, are all people with a genetic disease related?

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No: In some cases of genetic disorders there is a founder effect such that a certain genetic disorder runs within that ethnic backround.  An example is ashkenazi jewish heritage is associated with a number of disorders like tay-sachs.  
Although variable based on the condition, spontaneous mutations occur in individuals such that they are affected but are not related to an affected person.

Question 6

how do a genetic disease and other diseases/conditions differ?

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Inheritance: A genetic disease is inherited in one shape or form from parents. They can be dominant, meaning that if you get the gene from one parent you have the disease. Usually in this case the parent also has the disease. They can be recessive, meaning you need to get the gene from both parents. Usually in this case both parents are unaffected carriers.  Non-genetic diseases are seemingly random.

Question 7

what is the least common genetic disease that is seen in the u.s.?

Accepted Answer

Unknown: Some are rarer than one in 100,000.  We are continually finding new genetic disorders and we may have no clue with regard to how frequent they are. Dozens of severe multiple malformation syndromes exist which are striking but none of the world&#x27;s geneticists have a clue with regard to what causes them. How do you estimate frequency of a single case in the world&#x27;s medical literature?

Question 8

in your expert opinion, what is the worst genetic disease that exists?

Accepted Answer

Lethal: There are lethal genetic diseases that prevent a baby even being born. Many of these are due to major chromosomal defects.

In terms of devasting diseases affects people, there are any number that are distressing and have profound affect on people and their families in so many ways.

Question 9

it'd be possible that a genetic disease not surface until young adulthood?

Accepted Answer

It's quite possible: We often think of genetic disease as causing birth defects or problems with early childhood development, but in fact genetic conditions can become apparent at any age. Take hereditary cancer, for instance. That often is not apparent until adulthood, often among young adults. But the real answer is that everything about our illness and wellness has a genetic component, often small, sometimes big.

Question 10

how would you start a letter to a family telling them their child has a genetic disease?

Accepted Answer

In person...: I would never convey that kind of sensitive information in a letter...Face to face would be my call; with preparedness to discuss all the ramifications and options to the family of said "disease".

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