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nika2105 [10]
3 years ago
5

Using sickle-cell anemia as a basis, describe what is meant by

Biology
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just olya [345]3 years ago
6 0

Answer: Sickle cell anemia is a molecular and genetic disease.

Sickle cell anemia is not infectious

Diseases caused by microorganisms are infectious.

Explanation: Sickle cell disease is a molecular disease,it involves molecular change in the structure of the molecular base present in the molecule DNA which caused the amino acids and the beta side of the hemoglobin to change accordingly.

It is genetic as it can be transferred from one generation to the next, children can inherit it from their parents.

A person can not be infected with Sickle cell anemia,it is not infectious unlike diseases caused by microorganisms that can infect others who come in contact with the disease either through blood or other routes.

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