made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud: a bona fide statement of intent to sell. 2. authentic; true: a bona fide sample of Lincoln's handwriting. Origin of bona fide.
A genetic test that could determine men at the highest risk of developing aggressive disease could change how prostate cancer is treated, he says, since doctors would be able to more accurately predict which men would need more rigorous follow-up and which men likely wonât have to worry about their prostate that much.
1 Genetic testing can be performed to check whether someone is at risk of Huntingtonâs disease. 2  A blood sample is taken and checked for the mutation in the patientâs two copies of the Huntingtin (HTT) gene which codes for the huntingtin protein. People born to parents with Huntingtonâs disease can undergo genetic testing for the condition after the age of 18. 2  If the faulty gene is detected, they will develop the disease but the age at which this will happen cannot be determined.