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SickleCell Anemia
Title: SickleCell Anemia
Category: Science & Technology
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SickleCell Anemia
Sickle-Cell Anemia
Hemoglobin, an oxygen carrying protein in blood, is sometime altered
in people causing interruptions in the circulation of blood. This is known as
Sickle-Cell Anemia. In the United States, Sickle-Cell Anemia is found
mostly in blacks. About 1 in 400 blacks in the United States have the
disorder. In Africa, and parts of the Middle East, Sickle-Cell Anemia can be
found, not just in the United States.
In infants, it only takes about 6 months after …showed first 75 words of 265 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 265 total…become oddly
shaped. They are shaped like a sickle.
This blood disease is inherited from the parents, much like other traits.
The gene for Sickle-Cell Anemia is codominant with the gene for normal
blood hemoglobin. When the heterozygous form occurs, that person is said
to be a Sickle-Call Carrier. He or she has the gene for the Sickle-Cell
Anemia, but does not show the symptoms of the disorder. Sickle-Cell
carriers are partially resistant to Malaria.
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