Genetic Testing For Cancer

The American Cancer Society describes genetics as the field of science that looks at how traits are passed down from parents to their children through the genes. Genes are pieces of DNA inside of our cells that tell the cell how to make the proteins the body needs to function, so DNA is the genetic blueprint in each cell. The genes pass the inherited traits, such as hair color, eye color, height and so on from the parents to their child. They can also affect if a person is likely to develop certain disease, such as cancer.

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