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The most common class of hereditary diseases are the Mendelian diseases (since they follow the Mendelian patterns of inheritance), they're classified into 3 types:
* Dominant; where if one allele is defected, the symptoms of the disease manifest since it is dominant, e.g. Marfan syndrome
* Recessive; where both alleles need to be defected for the disease to manifest, e.g. Phenylketonuria
* Sex-linked; where the allele is present on the X chromosome, but not on the Y chromosome, making males more susceptible to have the disease, e.g. color blindness. Alleles are copies of the same gene present on each of a pair of chromosomes, one allele comes from the mother and one comes from the father.
However, recently, most hereditary diseases are classified according to the type of protein involved, whether structural, enzymatic, transport protein, ...etc.
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What are some types of hereditary disease?
Some types of hereditary diseases are 1) Tay-Sachs Disease, 2) Hemophilia, 3) Sickle Cell Disease, 4) Huntington's Disease, and many many more.
What are the types of hereditary ataxias?
Hereditary ataxias are rare diseases, divided into two main categories according to the pattern of inheritance: autosomal dominant ataxias and autosomal recessive ataxias.
Are hereditary diseases and genetic diseases the same?
Yes, they are the same thing.
What is hereditary ataxia?
One of a group of hereditary degenerative diseases of the spinal cord or cerebellum. These diseases cause tremor, spasm, and wasting of muscle.
What are the causes of hereditary diseases?
Genetic mutations passed from parent to child cause hereditary disease.
How many diseases are presently thought to be hereditary?
There are 4 that i know of.
What are the advantages of having a designer baby?
It can cure Hereditary diseases.
What is erythropoiesis and does it affect people?
Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is one of the porphyrias, a group of inherited diseases caused by hereditary deficiences in particular enzymes (certain types of proteins).
Diseases that run in the family?
Diseases that run in families can be referred to as genetic or hereditary diseases. Examples include Hemophilia, Male pattern baldness, and sickle-cell disease.
Are diabetes and glaucoma hereditary diseases?
Although it seems they are in fact hereditary, one can not pass cancer nor diabetes thru genetics.
What diseases are hereditary?
The term "hereditary disease" is usually used to refer to diseases which have a high likelihood of being inherited in one's offspring, usually by a predictable probability. For example, if you have Huntington's disease, there is a 50-50 chance that your child will have it. On the other hand, almost all diseases are more probable in the offspring of a person who has them than in the offspring of a person who does not. Thus, a tendency to develop a medical condition can run in families. Such conditions, however, are not usually referred to as hereditary diseases. For example, if you have allergies to pollens, then your children are more likely to develop such allergies, than are the children of your friend who does not have allergies.
How are Hereditary diseases treated?
Hereditary diseases are passed down from one generation to the succeeding generation through genes. A lot of research and development has been done to treat it but there is no treatment for this condition.
