Genetics of Thallasemia
Thalassemia is a type of inherited blood disorder that causes a reduction in the production of an oxygen carrying protein in blood cells called hemoglobin (Hb). The structure of hemoglobin is subdivided into 4...
Category: Genetic Disorder
Genetics of Cancer
Almost all forms of cancer are caused by genetic defects whether inherited or acquired throughout life. Cancer is a genetic disease that results when genetic mutations cause the cell to alter the expression of...
How to identify ADHD in my child ?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder that usually manifests in children under the age of 12 and could persist into adulthood. Children with ADHD mostly will show signs of inattentiveness,...
What genetic tests are done during pregnancy?
In the United States, almost 1 in 33 babies are born with birth defects each year which adds up to about 3% of all babies born in the United States. Some of these birth...
Can you or your children inherit mental illness?
Since the human genome project researchers have been on a mission to find genetic links to various aspects of medicine. Many diseases have been found to be linked to the genes that have been...
Is homosexuality a mutation ?
Is homosexuality a mutation?? You may have got this question before. But have you got the answer for this, or have you ever tried to get it. Well, we have a brief explanation over...
Do you know Bombay Blood Group ?
Did you happen to see the Telugu movie Okkadunnadu? It reveals around rarest blood group type. At first you may feel it’s just imaginary story but indeed it’s not. I mean, there are few...
What happens if the number of chromosomes Vary?
I hope most of you already heard about chromosomes . so What do you think chromosomes are ?? Walter Flemming discovered chromosomes in the nuclei of salamander cells. In 1879, he observed the behavior of...