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Genetic Heritage and Birth Defects Warn of Hereditary Risks
The West Coast Chapter of the March of Dimes warns that each person carries four to eight harmful genes with potential to pass on to children and notes ten percent of Western civilization faces birth defects or genetic disease. Genetic counseling and new diagnostics offer opportunities for unaffected births, while research links genetics to hypertension diabetes heart disease and cancer.
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Katheryn Drouard
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