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Do sickle cells have a nucleus?
"Sickle cells" refers to an abnormal shape (rather like a sickle) of red blood cells. Red blood cells in humans do not have a nucleus.
What is a genetic autoimmune difficiency in which blood cells look like a sickle It is not sickle cell anemia?
sickle cell anemia
What is the difference between sickle cell and blood cell?
Sickle cells are a sickle or crescent shape that can only carry a fractional amount of oxygen and nutrients. Normal cells are shaped like doughnuts.
Why are sickle cells sickle?
because they can
What is sic-o-cells?
Sickle cells?
In sickle-cell disease variation in one gene causes red blood cells to bend or sickle. This means sickle cells?
Cannot carry normal levels of oxygen to cells :) *NovaNet*
Is sickle cell a sex trait?
yes - no its not because a sickle cell is basically a diseased cell that is shapped like a sickle.. a disease in bloodcell - it cannot get as much oxygen as healthy blood cells
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 are facts about sickle cell anemia?
· Not like the normal red blood cells, which can live for 120 days, sickle-shaped cells live only 10 to 20 days· About 1 out of every 500 African-American babies born in the United States has sickle cell anemia· Sickle cell disease, red blood cells start out normal, but if they are stressed they become curved, hard, and sticky
What does a sickle cell blood so look like?
people with sickle cell disease have no abnormal appearances. the abnormalities are found on the microscopic level when the blood cells are examined.
What are abnormal crescent shaped BLOOD cell?
Abnormal crescent-shaped blood cells are known as sickle cells, which are characteristic of sickle cell disease. This genetic condition causes red blood cells to become rigid and curved, leading to blockages in blood vessels and reduced oxygen delivery to tissues. Sickle cell disease can result in pain, organ damage, and other serious complications.
Is sickle cells disease hereditary?
Sickle cell anemia -yes it is hereditary
