Medical Genetics

Medical Genetics is the science of human biological variations as it relates to health and disease.

Medical Genetics includes:

• the studies of the pattern of inheritance of diseases in families
• the mapping of disease genes to specific chromosomal locations

Medical Genetics analyses molecular mechanisms through which genes cause diseases and the diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases.Medical Genetics also plays a role in genetic counselling: the communication of information regarding risks, prognoses and treatment to patient and families.

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