What does FOXP2 genetic mutation cause and why? What is the heterozygote of an autosomal recessive condition called? Who can be a carrier of autosomal disorders? Is hemophilia a hereditary disease? What genetic mutation causes Klinefelter syndrome?
In very rare cases, hemophilia can be acquired, meaning that it develops during a person’s lifetime, rather than due to a genetic mutation that’s present at birth. In these instances, the disease arises due to a malfunction of the immune system that causes it to wrongly target and ...
Many of them are concentrating on replacing the gene that causes hemophilia with a normal one that will raise the level of deficient clotting factors to promote coagulation. Other researchers have produced genetically engineered animal cells into which they have inserted the genetic sequence to produce...
Physical damage to the RBCs due to causes such as defective prosthetic heart valves Blood transfusion reactions Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is an acquired genetic mutation that causes bone marrow failure, hemolysis, and blood clot formation (thrombosis) Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria, a condition th...
This genetic condition results from new LMNA gene mutations and can occur in people without a family history of the disorder. Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is not usually passed down from parent to child. The gene mutation in this condition is extremely rare. Parents who have never had...
These mosquitos have a genetic mutation that causes their female offspring to have deformed reproductive organs and mouths. As a result, the female offspring of engineered mosquitos can neither bite to spread malaria nor lay eggs to reproduce. ...
Some diseases, such as hemophilia and cystic fibrosis, are directly caused by a mutation in a single gene or a pair of genes. These rare diseases follow a predictable pattern of inheritance, and this means that families in which the gene is present can usually be given clear, reliable inform...
What is a carrier state for a genetic disease? What are pathogens? What does it mean for a virus to be zoonotic? Describe one such virus and the disease that it causes. What are the attributes of a particular danger of zoonotic disease? What are the features of modern society that influe...
While hemophilia is generally thought to be an inherited disease, there is a small number of people in the population who get it through random genetic mutation; if you or someone in your family have the symptoms, it is worth being tested even if there are no known carriers in the family...
The key difference between Fragile X and Down syndrome is that Fragile X syndrome is due to the mutation of a gene called FMR1 in the X chromosome, while D