The genetic disorder I was told to research was the Sickle Cell Disease. I will explain what
mutation causes this disease, the characteristics of it, and what has developed in the area
of gene therapy because of it.

The Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited disease. The gene for hemogoblin-S (which
causes the disease) is the most common inherited blood condition in America; although
most people only inherit one copy of the gene for HbS, while the other gene,
hemogoblin-A, is normal, and can override HbS, blocking the disease. These people have
the HbS trait, but not the disease, therefore leading a normal life. For an offspring to
acquire the disease, both parents must have the HbS gene, yet the child only has a 25%
chance of having Sickle Cells. You cannot catch the disease, you are born with it and it is
present for life.

There are many complications and harmful effects as the result of the Sickle Cell
Disease. The disease causes hemoglobin in the red blood cells,......

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