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Yes, and this is the only way to get sickle cell disease or sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell (both the milder "disease" form and the more severe "anemia" form) are caused by an inherited mutation in a protein that helps form the red blood cells - the defect results in red blood cells that are shaped like crescents or sickles, which is how the disease gets its name.

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Can you catch sickle cell if you kiss someone with sickle cell?

NO, Sickle Cell Anemia is a Genetic Disorder that you inherit from your Parents. You are either born with it or not.


Explain how 2 parents neither of whom have sickle cell could have a child with sickle cell?

Both were carriers.


What is requires for a person to have sickle cell disease?

The person is homozygous for the trait


Can sickle cell be known before birth?

Yes! If both parents have the sickle cell disease, the child will have sickle cell. Otherwise, you can Google it or bing it to see other ways.


A child has sickle-cell disease (ss) but neither parent is ill What must be true of her parents genotypes?

The parents are both recessive (Ss) for sickle cell anemia.


If a child has sickle-cell disease (ss) but neither parent is ill. What must be true of he parents' genotypes?

The parents are both recessive (Ss) for sickle cell anemia.


Is sickle cell passed on from mom or dad?

Sickle cell disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern, meaning a child must receive a copy of the sickle cell gene from both parents to have the disease. If both parents carry the sickle cell trait (one normal and one sickle cell gene), there is a 25% chance with each pregnancy that their child will inherit the disease. Therefore, sickle cell can be passed on from either the mother or the father, or both.


A child has sickle-cell disease (ss) but neither parent is ill. What must be true of her parents and rsquo genotypes?

The parents are both recessive (Ss) for sickle cell anemia.


Is sickle cell an inherited?

yes, it is inherited from both parents.


Can child be born with sickle cell if one parent is sickle cell carrier and another is normal?

A child has to receive the gene from both parents to heve sickle cell anemia. if only one parent passes on the gene, then the child will have sickle cell trait, but no symptoms of sickle cell anemia.


Why do people of Mediterranean and African decent have sickle cell anemia?

Sickle cell anemia is a inherited blood disorder. This means everyone who has sickle cell has inherited it from their parents. With this in mind it means there was a key ancestor in Africa or the Mediterranean who had the first sickle cell anemia and passed it on to their descendants.


Is sickle cell anemia an deficiency disease?

The sickle cell anaemia is not a deficiency disease. It is a hereditary disease caused by defective gene in both the parents.