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No, sickle cell anemia is a disease of the hemocytes, the red blood cells. Leucocytes are one type of white blood cell.
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How does sickle cell anaemia cured?
Sorry there is no cure only treatment.
What are other names for sickle cell anemia?
Hemoglobin SS disease (Hb SS)
What is glutamate replaced by in sickle cell anemia?
In sickle cell anemia, glutamic acid is replaced by valine due to a single base change in the gene that codes for hemoglobin. This substitution causes the hemoglobin protein to form abnormal sickle-shaped red blood cells, leading to the symptoms of the disease.
What is an example of mutation?
The disease sickle cell anaemia occurs due to a mutation. This causes the amino acid glutamic acid (which is hydrophilic) in haemoglobin to be replaced by valine (which is hydrophobic).
What genetic disorder results in abnormally shaped blood?
Spherocytosis
Is sickle cell anemia an deficiency disease?
The sickle cell anaemia is not a deficiency disease. It is a hereditary disease caused by defective gene in both the parents.
Which is a degenerative disease atherosclerosis malaria rickets sickle cell anaemia?
antherosclerosis
Do people die from sickle cell anaemia?
20,000 people die with sickle cell each year
What is the sickness in which a person lacks hemoglobin?
this disease is known as sickle-cell ;D
Why are not Americans affected with sickle cell anaemia?
natural selection and heredity Americans are affected with sickle cell anaemia which mostly affects black people.
Where in the world are the most cases of Malaria and Sickle Cell anaemia?
Malaria is common in topical ad subtropical zones. The malaria has selected the people with sickle cell anaemia. Although person with sickle cell anemia can have malaria, the carrier, or the person with sickle cell trait is resistant to malaria.
Can you explain what evolutionary advantage mean and how it accounts for why sickle cell anaemia is still so widespread in Africa?
evolutionary advantage means that if you have to types of sickle cell anaemia and one is resistant to a drug the the other one is not then the one that is not resistant dies off and the sickle cell anaemia that is resistant becomes dominant and that is why sickle cell anaemia is still so widespread in Africa because the strain that is widespread in Africa is resistant is anti-biotics.
What type of disorder is sickle cell disease?
It is when your body does not produce alot of blood and you become very skinny and sick. It can be passed on to babies by mothers and mostly occurs in African countries and some parts of Asia, too.
What kind of a disease is sickle cell anaemia?
It's not a disease, it is a hereditary disorder. Basically it is a problem with irregular red blood cell shape, which can cause pain in the arteries and veins, among other things.
What are the drugs contraindicated in sickle cell anaemia?
Most of them I would imagine.
How does sickle cell anaemia cured?
Sorry there is no cure only treatment.
How many people in the UK have sickle cell anaemia?
15000 people with sickle cell in the UK i think
