how many genetic diseases and disorders are there?

0 ⤊

2007-02-09 04:27:24 · 5 answers · asked by Jason A 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases

Basically there are probably thousands of these and more are being identified all the time.

2007-02-09 04:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Frank 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I don't know the total number of even the diseases that affect humans. But you may find several of them described in the link below.

2007-02-09 12:36:54 · answer #2 · answered by Haley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

17,399 currently logged on OMIM.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM

2007-02-09 13:13:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

thousands and thousands.

2007-02-09 12:30:57 · answer #4 · answered by pegasis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

lots.

2007-02-09 12:37:37 · answer #5 · answered by caitlin_the_skeptic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋