inherited disease

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Whileexposure to a single substance like DDT has been shown to create inherited disease susceptibility, a recent study in animals found exposure to multiple different toxicants across generations can amplify those health problems.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

The work could also inform modern medicine, if researchers can identify a genetically inherited disease and trace it back generations.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023

Jason Diaz said at a news conference Wednesday that he was diagnosed with the inherited disease at 32, had his stomach removed and has been treated with chemotherapy.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

The inherited disease leads to the loss of nerve cells involved in walking, crawling, sitting, breathing and swallowing.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2021

He could not understand why Enoch, with no inherited disease, should be shuffled off at the age of three hundred and sixty-five years.

From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Nye, Bill