Sickle Cell Research Paper
Mary Emily Flores
4/18/2017
Dr.Sirhan Abdullah
General Biology 1
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body . Where the cell is deformed is in the bone marrow ,a gene in the bone marrow causes the blood cell to come out in a sickle cell shape because the hemoglobin in the defected body is abnormal, after it gives up the oxygen, bet together causeing the red blood cells to become to a sickle like shape.People with Sickle cell anemia have abnormal hemoglobin in their red blood cells.which cause the blood cell to die quicker
Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body.
This disease is passed by genes from parents
to their children and therefore is not something contagious. A person who has inherited this sickle cell anemia inherit two abnormal hemoglobin genes, one from the mother and the other from the father .
Sickle cell disease (SCD) was first described in 1910 (Frenette & Atweh, 2007). SCD has existed in Africa for at least five thousand years and has been known by many different names in many different tribal languages; although, it was actually discovered in the United States. Walter Clement Noel, from the island of Grenada, was a dental student that was studying in Chicago. He complained about complications like pain, and symptoms of anemia, to search for answers he confided in Dr. James B. Herrick. Dr. Herrick was actually a cardiologist and was not interested in his case, so he was redirected to another doctor. This doctor named Dr. Ernest Irons, examined Mr. Noel and d
4/18/2017
Dr.Sirhan Abdullah
General Biology 1
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body . Where the cell is deformed is in the bone marrow ,a gene in the bone marrow causes the blood cell to come out in a sickle cell shape because the hemoglobin in the defected body is abnormal, after it gives up the oxygen, bet together causeing the red blood cells to become to a sickle like shape.People with Sickle cell anemia have abnormal hemoglobin in their red blood cells.which cause the blood cell to die quicker
Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body.
This disease is passed by genes from parents
to their children and therefore is not something contagious. A person who has inherited this sickle cell anemia inherit two abnormal hemoglobin genes, one from the mother and the other from the father .
Sickle cell disease (SCD) was first described in 1910 (Frenette & Atweh, 2007). SCD has existed in Africa for at least five thousand years and has been known by many different names in many different tribal languages; although, it was actually discovered in the United States. Walter Clement Noel, from the island of Grenada, was a dental student that was studying in Chicago. He complained about complications like pain, and symptoms of anemia, to search for answers he confided in Dr. James B. Herrick. Dr. Herrick was actually a cardiologist and was not interested in his case, so he was redirected to another doctor. This doctor named Dr. Ernest Irons, examined Mr. Noel and d