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Jewish genetic diseases

Ashkenazi men can carry harmful mutations of the BRCA gene, putting them at elevated risk not only of breast cancer, but also of melanoma and prostate, ovarian and pancreatic cancer. Yet there are precautions they can take to minimize their risks. (Photo/JTA-Thomas Barwick-Getty Images)
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Hereditary cancers aren’t just a women’s problem. Jewish men need to take precautions too.

by Larry Luxner and JTA December 16, 2022December 16, 2022

Bill Harris, a veteran Los Angeles photojournalist, didn’t think much of it when one morning in 2012 he woke up and found a tiny blood spot on the T-shirt he’d […]

Karin Sczech participates in the excavation at the medieval Jewish cemetery of Erfurt. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy TLDA Ronny Krause)
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A German town built a granary atop its Jewish cemetery. Now the bones are yielding insights about Ashkenazi DNA.

by Toby Axelrod and JTA November 30, 2022
a sleeping infant
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American Jews are winning the fight against Tay-Sachs. But work on genetic disorders remains.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 19, 2022

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