Tay-Sachs+Disease

=1373379540= toc = = =__ Definition: __=

1 in every 3,000 babies born to Jewish couples of Eastern European ancestry have Tay-Sachs disease. By the time a baby is 1-2 years old, a Tay-Sachs baby is likely to have severe mental retardation and be blind, very few survive past the age of 3. p.56 HGD Chapter 3, pp. 56

= __Examples:__ =

media type="youtube" key="SeoPF74QSms" height="315" width="420"

= __Analogies:__ =

[insert analogies here] (give one or more analogies in place of the bracketed text above, then delete these instructions. Please do not delete instructions unless you are adding something to this section. If you don't know of any analogies, leave this section unchanged for someone else to improve on. See Sample Page for a definition and an example of an analogy.)

= __Mnemonics:__ =

[insert mnemonics here] (give a mnemonic in place of the bracketed text above, then delete these instructions. Please do not delete instructions unless you are adding something to this section. If you don't know of any mnemonics, leave this section unchanged for someone else to improve on. See Sample Page for a definition and an example of a mnemonic.)

=__In the News:__= Post Gazzet
 * Highmark's new screenings to help Jewish population

=__Discussion Area:__= Start a discussion by clicking at the top of the page. Click on a subject below to see what people are saying and join a discussion. This is the area for in-depth discussion of: include component="comments" page="Tay-Sachs Disease" limit="10"
 * location of a page elements
 * quality/appropriateness of videos or pictures
 * improving analogies and mnemonics.