Thalassaemia INTRODUCTION Thalassaemia, is an inherited blood disorder caused by defect in a gene causing microcytic anemia. The two types of thalassaemia is alpha and beta…

Slide 1 Pages 42 to 46 Slide 2  Chemical composition  Carbon  Hydrogen  Oxygen  Nitrogen  Sulfur (sometimes)  Monomer/Building Block  Amino Acids…

Slide 1 Dr. Tarek El Sewedy Department of Medical Laboratory Technology Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences Slide 2 LECTURE 7 Diseases and…

Slide 1 SICKLE CELL DISEASE Cheryl Bitting Slide 2 What is Sickle Cell Disease?  Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells…

PROTEIN NOTES: You are proteins and the result of protein action! Warm-Up: Match the function to the examples Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson…

ANEMIAS AND POLYCYTHEMIA ANEMIAS Anemia: Deficiency of hemoglobin in the blood. Causes: Too few RBCs. Too little hemoglobin in cells Decreased packed cell volume. This may…

Birth Defects * The King and the Scratched Diamond⦠Once there was a king who had a beautiful, large pure diamond. There was no other diamond like it in the world. One…

Slide 1 This is the second year for the Sickle Cell Foundation of Tennessee (SCFT) Sickle Cell Walk in Nashville. It was developed to create a greater awareness in the Nashville…

What Is Thalassemia? Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes mild or severe anemia (uh-NEE-me-uh). The anemia is due to reduced hemoglobin (HEE-muh-glow-bin)…

Task: Task: Outline one therapeutic use of stem cells. Definition of stem cells Stem cells are cells that have the ability to self-renew. These undifferentiated cells are…