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.
waiver (wÄÂ´vur), n 1. repudiation, abandonment, or surrender of a claim, right, or privilege. n 2. the intentional relinquishment of a known right.