Tay-Sachs jhovany s., LAURIAN K.

-Tay-Sachs is an inherited disorder that destroys neurons in both the brain and the spinal cord. Tay-Sachs occurs due to a mutation in the HEXA gene, which carries instructions for making a portion of an enzyme called HEX-A. Mutations in the HEXA gene disrupts HEX-A from breaking down GM2 gangliosides. A person with this disease might show these symptoms:muscle weakness, hearing loss, vision loss,consistent faints and more.

This disease is a very rare disease which happens to every .06 of americans out of 100. Its mostly inherited from an older generation mostly found in places such as Eastern European Jews.Screening for carriers of tay-sachs disease was started in 1970 and has reduced the number of jews born with Tay-sachs by 90 percent.

NOW WE ASK YOU HOW IS TAY SACHS DISEASE INHERITED? and IS TAY SACHS DISEASE AN AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT GENE?

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