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Along with genetic testing, biochemical testing is often used to determine if a patient may be at risk for disease. Describe a clinical biochemical test. How does the test work? What is occurring in the test and how does it represent what occurs at the molecular level in the patient? Please explain in detail

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A biochemical test is a functional assay that checks the activity of an enzyme both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Suppose, if a individual is dominant homozygous for a particular enzyme then it's enzymatic activity will be higher than it's it's rive counterpart and in between for Heterozygous counterpart , so biochemical assay let us confirm our genetic interpretations in terms of functionality.

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