Sickle Cell Anemia
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The problem is that affects about 72,000 Americans in the United States. is an inherited disease in which the body is unable to produce normal hemoglobin, an iron-containing protein. Abnormal hemoglobin can morph cells that can become lodged in narrow blood vessels, blocking oxygen from reachin ....
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.... who have are of African descent. The disease also affects Americans from the Caribbean, Central America, and parts of South America, Turkey, Greece, Italy, the Middle East and East India. Since is an inherited disease if both parents have the trait for sickle cell, their baby's chances of having sickle cell disease is one in four.
Many doctors are trying to find cures for this disease by trying the solution on patients. Doctors at Emory University and University of Mississippi Medical Cent ....
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