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Tay-Sachs Disease Cont’d • Currently there is no cure • Active research is occurring • Replacement therapy for Hex-A is being explored • Bone marrow transplants have been attempted but unsuccessful 2/11/2011 18
Huntington’s Disease • Neurological disease • Autosomal Dominant • No current cure or effective treatment • Causes gradual physical, emotional and cognitive deterioration. • Symptoms – involuntary jerking movements of the limbs, face, and trunk; increasing difficulty with communication, swallowing, and walking; problems with planning, organization, and initiating, as well as personality change. 2/11/2011 19
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Page 3 and 4: What alleles are most often affecte
Page 5 and 6: Genetic disorders caused by dominan
Page 7 and 8: PKU cause • Recessive disorder
Page 9 and 10: Treatment • PKU test performed on
Page 11 and 12: Cystic fibrosis (CF) • Autosomal
Page 13 and 14: CF result • Accumulation of mucus
Page 15 and 16: Tay-Sachs Disease • Autosomal Rec
Page 17: Tay-Sachs Disease Cont’d • Slow
Page 21 and 22: Genetic disorders caused by sex-lin
Page 23 and 24: Causes • 1) Error in cell divisio
Page 25: How are unusual #’s of chromosome
Page 28 and 29: Results of abnormal # of chromosome
Page 30 and 31: Characteristics • Mental retardat
Page 32 and 33: Turner syndrome XO • Females •
Page 34 and 35: Klinefelter’s syndrome XXY 2/11/2
Page 36 and 37: Diabetes (con’d) • Genetic pred
Page 38 and 39: Galactosemia • Rare genetic disor
Page 40 and 41: Genetic Counseling • 1) Determine
Page 42: Amniocentesis needle inserted into

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