Being Quote by Adam Pearson

Turns out, Down syndrome is the most common genetic disorder, occurring once in every 800 births, and no one really knows why it happens.…

— John C. McGinley

My daughter was born with a genetic condition called cystic fibrosis.

— Everlast

I am an Ashkenazi Jew, and there are a whole host of genetic disorders that only Ashkenazi Jews have. I don't know if you…

— James Gray

“By the end of this decade, permutations and combinations of genetic variants will be used to predict variations in human phenotype, illness, and destiny.…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

For some people, it's best for their mental health to know they have the gene for Huntington's and some time in the future they'll…

— Leroy Hood

In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We…

— Walter Gilbert

I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism.

— Stella Young

My GP sent me for an ultrasound and a gynaecologist found 10 fibroids in my womb. They were so large it was like I…

— Andi Oliver

“Mutation load has been proposed as a likely explanation for the persistence of common, heritable, and harmfulmental disorders like autism and schizophrenia.”

— Marco del Giudice

“but perhaps within the next five to ten years, certain inborn errors . . . will be treated or cured by the administration of a certain gene…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

An important finding is that by determining the genome sequences of an entire family, one can identify many DNA sequencing errors and thus greatly…

— Leroy Hood

My own area of expertise is the genetics of human disease. I was fortunate to be part of the team that found the genes…

— Francis Collins