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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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What is glutamate replaced by in sickle cell anemia?
Hi, Glutamate is replaced by valine in sickle cell anaemia
How does sickle cell anaemia cured?
Sorry there is no cure only treatment.
How are sickle cell anemia and maleria the same?
They are definitely not the same. If you are looking for an answer to WHY sickle-cell anaemia is BENEFICIAL to those with malaria then follow this link,What_is_the_benefit_of_sickle_cell_anemia_to_Africans_with_malaria
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
What is a disease caused by misshapen proteins?
Sickle cell anaemia is such a genetic disease. The sixth amino acid in the beta chain of haeme which is glutamic acid in normal people gets replaced by valine in sickle cell anaemia patients. This simple change in the amino acid sequence results in the the sickle shape of RBCs
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.
What is glutamate replaced by in sickle cell anemia?
Hi, Glutamate is replaced by valine in sickle cell anaemia
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.
How does sickle cell anaemia cured?
Sorry there is no cure only treatment.
