Genetic diagnostic technologies
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Genetic diagnostic technologies are scientific methods that are used to understand and evaluate a persons genes.
(See also Genes and Chromosomes.)
Genes are segments of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that contain the code for a specific protein that functions in one or more types of cells in the body.
Genetic diagnostic technology is rapidly improving. Various methods may be used to copy segments of a gene or to find changes in genes.
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