If the safety of the student athlete is paramount, it seems better to simply demand the testing, not just for sickle cell but other life-threatening genetic markers.

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Unlike some other diseases, however, clear genetic markers for coronary heart disease, which accounts for 1 in 6 U.S. deaths, remain elusive.

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