Is it the gene that causes the disease?

Author: Lali
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Perhaps some people believe that genetic diseases are rare conditions caused by abnormalities in one of the numerous genetic genes (genes are traits in the human body that store genetic information—translator's note) and are generally found in children. This view might have been correct 20 years ago (when the first edition of this book was published in 2004—translator's note), but now scholars do not hold this opinion. Simply put, this view is no longer accurate. The significant progress in our understanding of human genes is changing the way doctors think about the causes of diseases. Today, we know that almost all diseases that trouble humans are related to the genes we inherit at birth.