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When you walk past someone who sneezes. The anemia gets its sickle into your cells that way.
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This is the correct answer: Sickle cell anemia is caused by an abnormal type of hemoglobin called hemoglobin S. Hemoglobin is a protein inside red blood cells that carries oxygen. Hemoglobin S changes the shape of red blood cells, especially when the cells are exposed to low oxygen levels. The red blood cells become shaped like crescents or sickles. ( its passed down from parents to offspring, if they have the trait )
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoSickle cell anemia is hereditary. It affects their hemoglobin molecules, they have a different shape that causes the Red Blood Cell to distort into a sickled shape. The problem with the hemoglobin as well as the shape issue causes oxygen problems in the body.
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∙ 13y agoSickle cell is mostly genetic. Getting sickle cell is more likely if you are African American. But it's mostly hereditary.
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∙ 13y agoSickle Cell Anemia is inherited by a family member.
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∙ 14y agoThere is no current cure for sickle cell anemia.
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∙ 13y agoSick Cell Anemia is inherited from a previous family member.
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∙ 11y agoin sickel cell anaemia, substitution take place at the 6th position of betaglobin chain of haemoglobin molecule i.e, amino acid glutamic acid at the 6th position is substitute by valine
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∙ 14y agothrough genes
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∙ 12y agoIt is a genetic disorder.
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When was sickle cell anemia discovered?
Sickle cell anemia was discovered in the 1870's and carried many names, but 1922 it was officially named sickle cell anemia.
Is sickle cell anemia a type of poikilocytosis?
Yes, drepanocytosis(sickle cell anemia) is a type of poikilocytosis.
Is sickle cell anemia x-chromosome or non x-chromosome?
Sickle cell anemia is not sex linked.
You have sickle cell anemia what will folic acid do for your sickle cell anemia?
ITS GOOD 4 UR SICKLE CELL! When you have sickle cell, your body looses cells. Folic acid helps to create new cells.
Who gets sickle cell anemia?
Anyone of any race can get sickle cell
How do you ge sickle cell anemia?
You get Sickle-Cell Anemia by Birth,it is a genetic disorder.
Is sickle cell anemia a point mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease is hereditary.
Is sickle cell anemia recessive or dominant?
Sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive disease. Carriers have sickle cell trait, which confers resistance to malaria.
Is Sickle cell anemia genetic?
Yes, Sickle Cell Anemia is in fact a genetic disorder.
Sickle-cell anemia is an example of a point-mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease is hereditary.
What is a genetic autoimmune difficiency in which blood cells look like a sickle It is not sickle cell anemia?
sickle cell anemia
Is sickle cells disease hereditary?
Sickle cell anemia -yes it is hereditary
When was sickle cell anemia discovered?
Sickle cell anemia was discovered in the 1870's and carried many names, but 1922 it was officially named sickle cell anemia.
Which form of anemia is a genetic disorder?
It sounds like you are looking for Sickle Cell Anemia.
Is sickle cell anemia genetic or environmental?
Sickle cell anemia is genetic. It is an autosomal recessive disease.
Is sickle cell anemia a type of poikilocytosis?
Yes, drepanocytosis(sickle cell anemia) is a type of poikilocytosis.
When a mutation in the hemoglobin gene causes what disorder?
While technically there are more than one, the main one by far is sickle cell anemia.
