Doctors Said These Women’s Mutated Genes Wouldn’t Harm Them

Angela Weyand, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor,
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Dr. Angela Weyand was recently quoted in The Atlantic, "Doctors Said These Women’s Mutated Genes Wouldn’t Harm Them".

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"Genetics is a lot more complicated than what we are taught in medical school. I don’t believe that people who truly understand the science can say that risks to carriers are negligible,” said hematologist Angela Weyand, clinical associate professor of pediatrics, about the misconception that only males — and not females — are affected by genetic diseases linked to the X chromosome."