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Scientists are beginning to use genetictechnology to unravel the. Researchers, including many at the mrc human genetics unit at the university of edinburgh, are now looking at genetic variations between people to determine their importance and predict risk of. Table of genetic disorders loyola university chicago. Introduction to genes and disease genes and disease ncbi. Nowadays, studies investigating any biological process, from the molecular level to the population level, use the. Human genetic variation is associated with many, if not all, human diseases and disabilities, including the common.
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