hereditary defect in a sentence

Examples

1. The Nazis decriminalized abortion in cases where fetuses had hereditary defects or were of a race the government disapproved of, while the abortion of healthy pure German, its eugenics law, to promote abortion for women with hereditary disorders.
2. Shares of Genetic Therapy Inc . surged Tuesday after the company was assigned a broad patent covering a fundamental approach to gene therapy, a type of treatment that scientists hope will one day successfully combat hereditary defects like cystic fibrosis and diseases such as cancer.