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genetic disease
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genetic disease

Any disorder caused at least partly by defective genes or chromosomes. In humans there are some 3,000 genetic diseases, including cystic fibrosis, Down's syndrome, haemophilia, Huntington's chorea, some forms of anaemia, spina bifida, and Tay-Sachs disease.

In April 1995 the US Equal Opportunity Commission made it illegal for employers to discriminate against anyone on the grounds that they carry genes for an inherited disease.



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