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Is sickle cell disease a blood cancer?

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No, sickle cell disease is not cancerous.

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Can a disease cure a disease For example Can Cancer be cured by Sickle Cell Anemia?

well no cancer can not be cured by sickle celled anemia because sickle cell is the abnormalty of the shape of the cell.


What genetic disorder results in abnormally shaped blood?

Spherocytosis


Who does the sickle cell disease effect?

blood


What are abnormal crescent shaped BLOOD cell?

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Sickle cell anaemia IS a disease of the leucocytes?

No, sickle cell anemia is a disease of the hemocytes, the red blood cells. Leucocytes are one type of white blood cell.


What is sickle cell disease?

Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed down through families in which red blood cells form an abnormal crescent shape. It is also called sickle cell anemia.


What protein does does sickle-cell anemia affect?

Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells.


What does the flattened shape of a red blood cell?

sickle cell disease


What does AS and SS under blood group mean?

Under blood group, the letters AS and SS are used in reference to sickle cell disease. AC means that one is carrying the sickle cell disease gene while SS means that one has sickle cell disease.


What is a blood disease that starts with a s?

Sickle Cell Anemia


What does the flattened shape of a red blood cell tells you?

sickle-cell disease


How does sickle-cell trait differ from sickle-cell disease?

in sickle cell trait you don't actually have the disease. you are only able to pass the disease to your kids if you marry a person with sickle cell or that also has the trait. sickle cell disease is when you actually have the disease. you can pass it to your kids if you marry someone with the trait or the disease. if you marry someone without a trait or disease then your kids will most likely have the trait.