A 47-year-old member asked:
what diseases and health conditions are influenced by genes?
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Dr. Thomas Marxen answered
Periodontics 36 years experience
Many: Many diseases and health conditions are influenced by genes. We have the technology today to do genetic testing from the blood which will provide genetic risk factors for many diseases eg heart disease, prostate cancer in men, breast cancer in women, lung cancer, and many other diseases and cancers.
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Are there genes to tell how long someone will survive with patau syndrome?
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Dr. Karl Muench answered
Clinical Genetics 61 years experience
No: Most infants with patau syndrome die within their first year. There is no genetic test to explain the variation in survival.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Why do genes mutate?
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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
Pathology 44 years experience
Random: Every once in a great while, a random event or some form or radiation or a chemical will cause one or more bases in a strand of dna to differ from its origin. From the point of view of the design of life itself, without the ability of the genes to mutate, new forms of life could not develop by natural selection, but every person with genetic disease or cancer pays the price for this mechanism.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
How do genes and environment interact?
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Dr. Richard Roberts answered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
Field of epigenetics: This is a new age for discovering the many factors and processes which can alter the expression of a gene (including when it is expressed, preventing its expression, or even altering the gene product into something else). You would need to study an up-to-date course on this extraordinary field. Read some good articles in magazines like Scientific American.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Do genes determine aversions to foods?
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Dr. Douglas Fronzaglia ii, do, ms answered
Geriatrics 21 years experience
Yes: Certain genes allow foods to 'taste' the way they do to people. Though the majority of taste preferences are learned behaviors.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Can my genes predispose me to various adverse health conditions?
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Dr. Deepti Saxena answered
Internal Medicine 25 years experience
Inheritance: There is a possiblity of getting similar genes inherited. There are testing available to find out about it.
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