Question

What do you know about Tay sachs disease?​

Answer 1

Following points may help you:-

• In this fat or conjugated lipid accumulate in brain(ganglioside cell) and spinal cord and damage these cells.
• This may cause mental retardation & paralysis of a normal born child.
• In this disorder child does not survive more than 3-4 years. Till now there is no any treatment of Tay-sach's disease is found.

Answer 2

Tay–Sachs disease is caused by a genetic mutation in the HEXA gene on chromosome 15, which codes for a subunit of the hexosaminidase enzyme known as hexosaminidase A. It is inherited from a person's parents in an autosomal recessive manner.

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