Inherited Diseases

 

An inherited disease is one which is caused by genes and therefore can be passed from parents to children. Inherited disease are some times known as genetic diseases or genetic disorders. Sickle Cell Anaemia and Haemophilia are both examples of inherited diseases.

 

1)      What is Sickle Cell Anaemia ?

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2)      What is Haemophilia ?

 

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Although many inherited diseases can be treated, it is not possible to cure them at the moment because we are not yet able to replace faulty alleles with normal ones.

 

3)      What is an Allele ?

 

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However this may eventually become possible with at least some inherited diseases using a technique called gene therapy.

 

4)      Explain briefly about ‘The Human Genome Project’

 

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