2019
DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320182410.19102019
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

How diseases became “genetic”

Abstract: This article examines the origins of the term “genetic disease.” In the late 19 and early 20th century, an earlier idea that diseases that occur in families reflect a vague familiar “predisposition” was replaced by the view that such diseases have specific causes, while Mendelian genetics provided then clues to the patterns of their transmission. The genetictisation of inborn pathologies took a decisive turn with the redefinition, in 1959, of Down syndrome as a chromosomal anomaly, then the development of test… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1
1

Citation Types

0
1
0
2

Year Published

2021
2021
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
5

Relationship

0
5

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 5 publications
(3 citation statements)
references
References 50 publications
0
1
0
2
Order By: Relevance
“…Variations in human DNA and individual differences in how that DNA is expressed depending on lifestyle and environmental factors such as nutrition impact disease processes [ 60 ]. The greater awareness of the genetic basis was also visible in the language, as [ 61 ] analyses in her review. While the heredity of specific traits was rather easily visible, population genetics and evolution are more difficult to fetch.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Variations in human DNA and individual differences in how that DNA is expressed depending on lifestyle and environmental factors such as nutrition impact disease processes [ 60 ]. The greater awareness of the genetic basis was also visible in the language, as [ 61 ] analyses in her review. While the heredity of specific traits was rather easily visible, population genetics and evolution are more difficult to fetch.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ya al comienzo de la andadura del instituto, Sabater proponía esforzarse "para ser un centro [de referencia] a nivel nacional" para estas enfermedades. 60 No hay que olvidar que, aún en la segunda mitad de la década de 1960, algunos centros pediátricos universitarios españoles estaban enviando muestras de estos pacientes a Francia, al laboratorio de Pierre Maroteaux (1926-2019, para llevar a cabo el diagnóstico molecular 61 .…”
Section: Itinerarios Diagnósticos: Pacientes Y Muestras En Circulaciónunclassified
“…Um segundo aspecto diz respeito às implicações morais, legais e afetivas presentes nos processos de reprodução da família e de construção do parentesco. Aqui, emergem noções de risco e responsabilidade, associadas à produção social do diagnóstico e sua revelação para demais familiares que, embora assintomáticos, são consideradas em risco de terem herdado e poderem transmitir uma doença genética rara (Jutel, 2019;Löwy, 2019;Gregory, 2013;Arribas-Ayllon;Atkinson, 2011;Rosenberg, 2002).…”
unclassified