Which of the following is/are a benefit of genetic testing? Select all correct choices

A. Newborns can be screened for treatable
diseases.
B. Individuals can find out whether or not they
carry harmful recessive alleles.
C. Adults can find out whether or not they
have specific risk factors for some diseases.
D. Physicians can use the results of genetic
testing to engineer drugs specific for an
individual's genotype.
E. None of these.


A,B,C

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