Genetic screening: Testing a population to identify individuals at risk for a genetic disease or for transmitting it. Newborns may be screened for PKU (phenylketonuria), Jews for the gene for Tay-Sachs disease, Blacks for the sickle cell gene, etc.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary n. The process of analyzing DNA samples to detect the presence of a gene or genes associated with an inherited disorder.
Genetic is changing our world. Genetic has provided some powerful knowledge that is changing humanity's view of itself and its relation to the rest of the universe.
Genetic Screening Jason Kjono Copyright 1997. Genetic screening techniques are coming of age and the controversy that surrounds them is growing by the minute.
Introduction: In 1972 scientists first isolated a DNA segment from a virus and combined it with a piece of bacterial DNA. When this gene was placed into a plasmid and ...
Genetic Testing and Screening in the Age of Genomic Medicine Executive Summary Genes and Chromosomes. Genes are the blueprints of heredity. Genes are made of hundreds to ...