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Medicinal genetics is a field of medicine that focuses on the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders. It is concerned with the application of genetics to medical care that includes researching the causes of genetic disorders as well as management, diagnosis and counseling of the people suffering from these disorders. It also includes areas such as personalized medicine, gene therapy and predictive medicine. Some of the techniques used in this field are fluorescence in-situ hybridization, Southern blotting, DNA sequencing, comparative genomic hybridization, etc. Conditions such as birth defects, autism, skeletal dysplasia, connective tissue disorders, cancer genetics and prenatal diagnosis are studied and treated under this domain. This book contains some path-breaking studies in the field of medical genetics. It presents researches and studies performed by experts across the globe. It will serve as a valuable source of reference for graduate and post graduate students.

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