1 / 11

Tay-sachs

Tay-sachs. By J on B arnes . What is Tay-Sachs . Tay-sachs is the genetic disease that occurs in infants Usually in europe About 6 cases a year in the U.S. What causes it?. Tay-sachs is caused by a genetic mutation in the HEXA gene

zahina
Download Presentation

Tay-sachs

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Tay-sachs By Jon Barnes

  2. What is Tay-Sachs • Tay-sachs is the genetic disease that occurs in infants • Usually in europe • About 6 cases a year in the U.S.

  3. What causes it? • Tay-sachs is caused by a genetic mutation in the HEXA gene • The HEXA gene is responsible for providing instructions for the nervous system and the brain stem • It is also responsible for making beta-hexosaminidase which create GM2 • GM2 is an important part of fatty acids

  4. DNA strand

  5. DNA Strand part 2

  6. Who is the most at risk? • Studies have shown that the biggest people at risk of contacting Tay-Sachs are Jews • The age of visual presentation usually ranges from 3 to 10 months • Usually the child inflicted will not live past the age of 4 or 5 years old

  7. Children who are affected

  8. symptoms • The symptoms are very severe and can range from blindness to slow growth • The symptoms a child with Tay-Sachs will go through is deafness, decreased muscle tone, paralysis, and seizers. • Along with those an afflicted child will have delayed mental and social skills, irritability, loss of motor skills, and increased startle reactions.

  9. Signs of infection • The way doctors determine if a person is at risk for Tay-Sachs is that they will inquire about a family's history • Doctors will also do a blood or skin test to see if you have increased levels of hexosaminidase • Those infected with Tay-Sachs

  10. Those looking for a cure • Many people are looking for a cure such as the CTSF the cure Tay-Sachs. • they have raised over 3,000,000 dollars in the cure

  11. Works cited http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/tay-sachs-disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002390/ http://www.easybib.com/cite/eval?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.curetay-sachs.org%2F

More Related