The World Health Organization offers information about genetic predisposition to several common diseases, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and asthma. Genetic Alliance UK offers a fact sheet on genetic predisposition to common genetic diseases.enetic variations can have large or small effects on the likelihood of developing a particular disease. For example, certain mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes greatly increase a personâs risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
Relinquish definition, to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne. See more.
to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship. to remove or send forth: They discharged the cargo at New York. to fire or shoot (a firearm or missile): to discharge a gun. to pour forth; emit: to discharge oil; to discharge a stream of invective. to relieve oneself of (an obligation, burden, etc.).