Pero, si hasta hace unos años sólo disponíamos de unas pocas pruebas genéticas para contadas enfermedades hereditarias, hoy, gracias al impulso de los laboratorios académicos y comerciales, disponemos de pruebas para la fibrosis quística, la corea de Hungtinton, la distrofia muscular y también para muchas patologías degenerativas, no hereditarias, que se manifiestan en edad juvenil o adulta: diabetes, cáncer, enfermedades cardiovasculares, hipertensión, Alzheimer.
However, whereas until a few years ago there were only a handful of genetic tests for a small number of hereditary diseases, today, as a result of the impetus provided by academic and commercial laboratories, there are tests for cystic fibrosis, Huntington’s chorea, muscular dystrophy, and, moreover, a great many non-hereditary degenerative diseases – the symptoms of which can appear in youth or adulthood – such as, for example, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure, and Alzheimer’s disease.
