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platelets are carried in our body system in the blood along with Red blood cells, white blood cells and plasma, these platelets are very important for body, if you sustain a cut on yourself these platelets will cause the blood to make a clot. This is where you have scabs where the blood has clotted to stop blood escaping from the body. This is important now that if you have a small amount of platelets you can be diagnosed with an illness called haemophilia this is when you blood doesn't clot. So if you cut your self you will be sent to hospital to have platelets injected to cause the bleeding to stop as you will continuely bleed.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agothe sickle cell really has no function it's shaped like a crescent moon and causes blood clots easily. It's most commonly found in African Americans and people with African American heritage and is inherited. It can be deadly and to the best of my knowledge it has no cure, I believe that blood transfusions are used to help.
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∙ 12y agodue to the sickel shape of the rbcs they obstuct the small blood vessels and cause ischemia .. whereas in normal due to the biconcave nature of rbc they squeeze through the small blood vessels
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∙ 13y agoThey are important because they tell doctors that there was a corruption in your amino acid sequence.
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∙ 13y agoadvantages of having sickle cell is that one never gets malaria.Although i think i would rather get malaria than sc.
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∙ 10y agoit prevents you from getting sick or developing malaria
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Is sickle cell an dominant or recessive?
Sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive disorder. It can result from two carriers having a child together.
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.
How do you treat sickle cell anemia?
Sickle-cell anemia is a genetic disorder, so you can only get it by being born with it. Sickle-cell anemia is much more prevalent in people of African descent because of its evolutionary advantage in regions where malaria is common. While having sickle-cell anemia is clearly detrimental to survival, having only one allele (instead of both) of the gene coding for sickle-cell anemia results in higher tolerance to the effects of malaria once infected with it. The greater number of people having only one allele leads to greater chance of their offspring having both, resulting in sickle-cell disease.
Is Sickle cell anemia genetic?
Yes, Sickle Cell Anemia is in fact a genetic disorder.
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.
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.
