Explain Tay-Sachs disease. Imagine you are a genetic counselor working with a couple who have just had a child who is suffering from Tay-Sachs disease

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Explain Tay-Sachs disease. Imagine you are a genetic counselor working with a couple who have just had a child who is suffering from Tay-Sachs disease. Neither parent has been tested for Tay-Sachs disease nor have there been any previous cases of Tay-Sachs in either family. Explain Tay-Sachs disease and provide a discussion of the information you would share with the couple about Tay-Sachs and possible implications for future children.


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Tay-Sachs Disease - Outline
Thesis statement: An overview of Tay-Sachs disease
1. Causes
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment


Running head: TAY-SACHS DISEASE

Tay-Sachs Disease
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TAY-SACHS DISEASE

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Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs disorder is a rare hereditary disease that gradually damages nerve cells
(neurons) in the spinal cord and brain. The problem with Tay-Sachs is that the concerned
children have the absence of the enzyme hexosaminidase A or Hex-A which the body needs
to dissect fatty waste material located in the brain cells (gangliosides). When the body is short
of HEXA, gangliosides accumulate in the cells, thus, destroying the nerve cells. Damaged
nerves result in multiple problems with the functions of the body, blindness, and also death.
The most widespread kind of Tay-Sachs disease becomes apparent in childhood. A kid born
with the condition when all the parents carry Tay-Sachs gene, and both parents give the
defective gene to the child. When two Tay-Sachs genes are hereditary (one from both
parents), there is no production of a functional Hex-A enzyme and the child is 100% expected
to acquire Tay-Sachs. If only one parent has one Tay-Sachs gene, they are deemed to be
entirely healthy, however, is a carrier of Tay-Sachs. Consistent with research findings, it has
been discovered that when both parents are carriers of the disease, there is a 25% probability,
with each pregnancy, of having a child born with Tay-Sachs disease, and a 50% possibility
with every pregnancy that the kid will also be a carrier. Tay-Sachs disorder is widespread
mainly in Ashkenazi Jews. Approximately one in thirty individuals with this descent carry a
copy of the...


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