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predisposition

[pree-dis-puh-zish-uhn, pree-dis-] / priˌdɪs pəˈzɪʃ ən, ˌpri dɪs- /


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Researchers are also interested in whether improving sleep could eventually help prevent or slow disease progression among people with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

But a genetic predisposition and family history aren’t the only causes of a dissection.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Your ideal rise time is linked to your chronotype, your genetic predisposition to waking at a certain time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

The samples helped people discover entirely new family trees and could reveal consequential health information, like a genetic predisposition to cancer.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2025

My general predisposition to spending a lot of time inside reading gave me a distinct advantage over the average Culver Creek student.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

Bonta said the failure resulted in a 2023 data breach which exposed genetic predispositions and risk factors of nearly seven million users, plus information about biological relatives, ancestry, and ethnicity.

From BBC May 28, 2026

If enough genetic material can be recovered and sequenced, researchers hope to uncover details about Leonardo's biological traits, including aspects of his appearance, health, and even potential predispositions.

From Science Daily May 4, 2026

In the 1990s, teams of scientists — supported at least in part by NIH funding — tracked down the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes responsible for inherited predispositions to breast and other cancers.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2025

The effect of food on our taste predispositions doesn't stop in early life: What we eat as adults, especially our sugar and salt intake, can also shape how we perceive and potentially choose food.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2023

Why is the fact that each of us comes from a culture with its own distinctive mix of strengths and weaknesses, tendencies and predispositions, so difficult to acknowledge?

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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