sickle-cell+disease

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Sickle cell
"A recessive disorder that causes red blood deformities. In sickle-cell disease, the blood cannot carry enough oxygen to keep the body's tissues healthy." - HGD Chapter 3 p.55

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= __Analogies__: = Sickle-cell disease effects the body the same way baking soda puts out a fire. The lack of oxygen in the body causes the tissue to die and the lack of oxygen in the fire kills the fire. Either way the damage is already done.

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=__In the News__:= [|Reprogramming Stem Cells Offers Hope] Study showed that they could take the skin cells of mice and taking those cells and turning them into cells that can cure sickle-cell.

Sickle-cell disease Sickle cell disease is a general term for a group of genetic disorders caused by sickle hemoglobin.

[|Sickle Cell - What is it, how common, and what genes are related to it]

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