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A mutation of the HEX A gene of chromosome 15 causes Tay-Sachs disease. As a result, the protein hexosaminidase A is not formed properly and GM2 ganglioside, the lipid normally broken down by hexosaminidase A, accumulates to toxic levels (especially in the brain).
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∙ 11y agoTay Sachs is a genetic disease. That means that they will inherit the disease from their parents who are carriers. A child with Tay Sachs disease will only live for about four to five years. However, Tay Sachs disease is a rare disease and is usually a recessive gene.
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∙ 16y agoTay-Sachs disease is hereditary, you can only get it if both of your parents are carriers.
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∙ 11y agoTay- Sachs disease is inherited through offspring. If one of the parents are a carrier the one of the children might get it.
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∙ 14y agoboth your parents have to have it. then there is still only a 25 percent chance you can get it.
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∙ 15y agoTay Sachs is inherited by carrier parents. BOth parents must be carriers in order to pass Tay Sachs.
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How Long Is Its Incubation Period For Tay Sachs?
Sorry, Tay-Sachs is not a germ-caused infectious disease, so there is no incubation period, at all. Tay-Sachs is inherited from a person's mother and father.
Is Tay-Sachs disease due to heredity?
Tay- Sachs disease is inherited through offspring. If one of the parents are a carrier the one of the children might get it.
What do galactosemia ansd Tay-Sachs disease have in common?
Both are inherited (genetic) disorders
Tay-Sachs disease is a human?
Tay-Sachs disease is a human genetic disorder.
What effect does Tay Sachs disease have on the body?
what effect does Tay-sachs disease have on the body?
What system or part of the body does tay sachs disease affect?
what effect does Tay-sachs disease have on the body?
Can a person with the Tay-Sachs disease live a healthy life?
A person with tay sachs can live a healthy life but still battles the many limitations of Tay sachs disease. Depending on the type of tay sachs, Classic, Juvenile onset, and Late Onset depends how healthy a life a person with tay sachs disease.
How often does Tay-Sachs disease occur in the population?
About 16 cases of Tay-Sachs disease are diagnosed each year.
Recessive disorder that results from the absence of an enzyme required to break lipids down?
tay-sachs disease
Is tay sachs disease sex-linked?
There is no evidence that shows that tay-sachs is a sex-linked trait.
Is tay-sachs a sex-linked disease?
There is no evidence that shows that tay-sachs is a sex-linked trait.
Who discovered the tay sachs disease?
''Tay-Sachs'' was named after Warren Tay, an ophthalmologist who discovered the occurring red spot in the retina in 1881, and Bernard Sachs, who described the cellular changes related to this disease in 1887.
