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 give up (a claim or right, for example) voluntarily; relinquish. See Synonyms at relinquish. 2. To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule, penalty, or requirement, for example); dispense with: The original ban on private trading had long since been waived (William L. Schurz). 3. To refrain from engaging in, sometimes temporarily; cancel or postpone: Let's waive our discussion of that problem.