The Alpha-1 Foundation provides resources for people with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a condition that is passed on from parents to their children through genes.

This may point to the fact that some of the things that cause the disease may be passed from the parents to the children through genes.

It is passed from mother to child through genes.

Some people have cancer run in their family too through genes called oncogenes.

Other cases, which develop over time, may be genetically linked or inherited (passed on from parents to children through genes).

She said that her son's form of the disease was inherited through recessive genes and that he had been "wrapped in special bandages since he was 1 month old."

Predisposition to skin cancer can be hereditary, meaning it is passed through the generations of a family through genes.

Taking steps to reduce the risk incurred through genes, though, makes good sense.

Thalassemia is inherited, passed on through genes from parent to child.

It's transmitted through genes, which are dominant, cumulative, and self-multiplying by interaction.