In some cases, high cholesterol levels are caused by genetic defects.

在某些情况下，高胆固醇水平会导致遗传缺陷。

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Impaired Prx1 function leads to various types of genetic defects and cancer.

prx1酶功能的破坏将导致各种类型的基因缺陷和恶性肿瘤。

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But it would be naive to assume that cancer is the only disease in which these genetic defects play a significant role.

但把癌症仅仅归咎于基因缺陷发挥重大作用的唯一疾病实在是太天真了。

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The legislation to ban abortions based on genetic defects also would ban abortion based on gender selection.

NPR: ND Gears Up For Legal Dispute On New Abortion Laws

The most important, though obvious, reason is to help us better understand sex-linked genetic defects in men after birth.

ECONOMIST: Genetics

However, the use of chromosomes from the same person massively increased the risk that a baby would suffer from genetic defects.

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