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Are kidney failure and diabetes inheritable?
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Not necessarily: Kidney failure may run in families but may not depending on the kind. Also, diabetes type 2 runs in families but some members get spared. Type 1 is much less inheritable however. The process of inheritance in diabetes is not completely understood and cannot be predicted with precision.
Answered 11/20/2014
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Genetics: Both are. Certain forms of kidney disease have characteristic forms of passing from one generation to the next. If you have a 1st degree relative who has diabetes, your risk goes up quite high.
Answered 12/18/2014
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