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What are the causes of this disease and how is it transmitted sickle cell anemia?
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∙ 11y ago
it's caused by a mutation in the hemoglobin gene(a weird change that's basically in the red blood cell)disease is a group of genetic dis orders caused by sickle hemolobin(hgb s or hb s(
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What is the word for the genetic disorder that causes abnormal hemoglobin is known as?
sickle cell anemia. If you are only heterozygous for this disease it is simply called sickle trait.
Can a person who has been successfully treated for sickle cell disease still transmit the disease-causing allele to offspring?
Sickle-cell anemia can only be transmitted if both partners have the disease.
Is sickle cells disease hereditary?
Sickle cell anemia -yes it is hereditary
Is sickle cell anemia genetic or environmental?
Sickle cell anemia is genetic. It is an autosomal recessive disease.
Is sickle cell anemia a point mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease is hereditary.
Sickle-cell anemia is an example of a point-mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease is hereditary.
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.
Is sickle cell anemia an inherited disease?
Yes. It is inherited disease.
Sickle cell anemia is classified as a?
autoimmune disease
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.
What genetic disorder results in abnormally shaped blood?
Spherocytosis
Can sickle cell anemia cause pneumonia?
no it dose not sickle cell anemia causes death only if African Americans
