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Pachyonychia Congenita

**Description: ** Is a rare genetic disorder that primarily affects the skin, nails, and mouth.

**Inheritance: **A mutated keratin gene can pass from parent to child in the father’s sperm or the, mother’s egg. **Punnett Square: ** **Symptoms: ** The symptoms are thick nails, painful blisters, thick calluses on the soles of their feet, on the palm of their hands, a white growth on the tongue, a variety of cysts, bumps around hair follicles.

The disease is diagnosed by looking for a combination of PC symptoms and is usually confirmed by genetic testing.
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It’s no cure, but a new technology called gene silencing to restore keratin protein to strengthen skin cells.
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