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    A Decade With Fragile X

    Audio: On Mother’s Day, Rabbi Ilana Garber reflects on her son’s 2012 diagnosis

    byTablet Studios
  • Scott Reich and his family. Reich’s son Eli was diagnosed with a genetic brain disease called FOXG1 syndrome in 2019.
    Scott Reich and his family. Reich’s son Eli was diagnosed with a genetic brain disease called FOXG1 syndrome in 2019.
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    When Fighting Disease Becomes a Family Affair

    Parents and relatives of people afflicted with genetic diseases take a leading role in advancing medical research

    bySara Toth Stub
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    Fire in the Genes

    In ancient times, a genetic mutation helped ensure Jewish survival. Today, it might be making you sick.

    byMichele Cohen Marill
  • Emily Kramer-Golinkoff doing chest physical therapy with an inflatable vest, which vibrates the chest to loosen and thin mucus.
    Emily Kramer-Golinkoff doing chest physical therapy with an inflatable vest, which vibrates the chest to loosen and thin mucus.
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    The Jewish Side of Cystic Fibrosis

    Ashkenazi Jews are particularly susceptible to a genetic mutation that causes the disease—and that mutation is particularly difficult to treat

    byShoshy Ciment
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    Are Jews at Risk for Parkinson’s Disease?

    There’s new research into what was once called ‘the shaking palsy’

    byLeonard Sokol
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    More Than Tay-Sachs

    One rabbi’s mission to push couples—and doctors—to screen for a longer list of genetic diseases

    byBonnie Rochman
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    (Tablet Magazine)
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    Tinder for Tay-Sachs

    These services ensure you and your partner don’t share genes for Ashkenazi diseases. And they’ll tell you before the first date.

    byKara Stiles
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    Testing Positive for Judaism: Unlocking a Family’s Genetic Secret

    A genetic test for Tay-Sachs revealed surprising results—and helped my husband and me discover what Judaism means to us

    byJennifer Gerson Uffalussy
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    (Robert King/Newsmakers/Getty Images)
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    A Case for Genetic Jewishness

    In the book Legacy, geneticist Harry Ostrer argues that Jewishness is biological, not just cultural

    byIvan Oransky
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