Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder that causes lifelong suffering—here's what you need to know
The resulting hemoglobin is called HbS. HbS has different characteristics to normal adult hemoglobin, causing severe symptoms. HbS is structurally unstable. Upon high temperatures, dehydration ...
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A Mutation Story:
It turns out that, in these areas, HbS carriers have been naturally selected, because the trait confers some resistance to malaria. Their red blood cells, containing some abnormal hemoglobin ...
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New Weapons Against A Deadly Disease: Cutting-Edge Gene Therapy Could Deliver Breakthrough For Sickle Cell Disease
This is like coding new instructions into the cell. The old instructions for the abnormal hemoglobin S (HbS) are still there, but now the cell can make normal HbA (hemoglobin A) and HbS. The vector ...