31. Simply taking cancerous tissue from a patient and examining it for genetic flaws would be near impossible because there are hundreds of thousands of genes in every cell. 32. The injection contained a cold virus modified to carry genes for a muscle protein Decker was missing because of a genetic flaw. 33. There are major types of cancer, such as breast cancer or colon cancer, and then sub-groups that may have slightly different genetic flaws. 34. They decide to find out whether they carry a genetic flaw that would raise their risk of that disease. 35. This breed has a genetic flaw that prevents its body from making a protein that is needed to form myelin, the tissue that insulates nerve fibers. 36. Another recent study showed a genetic flaw in mice that causes a failure of appetite suppression and leads to overeating. 37. Or it can insidiously pass on minute genetic flaws that later show up in handicaps or chronic ill health. |