According to Lurie Children's Hospital, 1 in 10 Americans live with a rare disease, and nearly half of them are children. Of these diseases identified, nearly 72% are genetic and the majority of these diseases (70%) start in childhood. However, such diagnoses often are unprecedented and take families by surprise.
This web application hopes to remediate these worries by providing a low-cost and efficient way to predict the probability of offspring inheriting a particular genetic disorder based on the genetic traits of their parents, providing parents and future parents preparation before symptoms appear.
In a terminal, clone the repository:
https://github.com/Cowyrise/hacktech24.git
Once in the folder, run
python app.py
In a new browser window, type in:
http://127.0.0.1:5000/
Now you can explore the application, inputting known information of both parents
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Wikipedia: Genetic disorder database