Explain in your own words the following
1.Hemophilia
2.Phenyl Ketoneeria(PKU)
3.Gene Therapy
4.The DNA Code
5.Down Syndrome
Answers
Answer:
1. It is a disorder in which blood doesn't clot normally.
When blood can't clot properly, excessive bleeding (external and internal) occurs after any injury or damage.
2. It is a birth defect that causes an amino acid called phenylalanine to build up in the body.
Newborns should be screened for PKU.
3.Gene therapy is an experimental technique that uses genes to treat or prevent disease. In the future, this technique may allow doctors to treat a disorder by inserting a gene into a patient's cells instead of using drugs or surgery.
4.Genetic code is the term we use for the way that the four bases of DNA--the A, C, G, and Ts--are strung together in a way that the cellular machinery, the ribosome, can read them and turn them into a protein. In the genetic code, each three nucleotides in a row count as a triplet and code for a single amino acid.
5.A genetic chromosome 21 disorder causing developmental and intellectual delays.
Down's syndrome is a genetic disorder caused when abnormal cell division results in extra genetic material from chromosome 21.