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THALASSEMIA
Thalassemia, a kind of inherited blood disorder, is caused by an abnormal formation of the hemoglobin. It results in improper oxygen transport, which makes red blood cells die. Thalassemia is caused by missing genes that affect the development of the hemoglobin. Thalassemia carriers make less hemoglobin and have fewer red blood cells, therefore they must transfuse blood from other people every once in a while, to renew the red blood cells. It depends on the severeness of the carriers case, some people have a low degree of thalassemia (thalassemia minor) which doesn’t have any impact on them, on the other hand in severe cases (thalassemia major) it may cause anemia.
Thalassemia can cause a lot of complications, such as bone deformities, cardiovascular illness, and an overload in iron. The various kinds of thalassemia create another genetic disorder, called sickle-cell disease. Even though this sickness has a lot of negative complications it also has its positive side, thalassemia can also protect from malaria especially plasmodium falciparum. Some kind of thalassemia called heterozygous beta-thalassemia have some protection against coronary heart disease, these selective advantage of survival of carriers can be the reason for the continuity of the mutation in human beings.
Scientists have found a cure for thalassemia, but just for an embryo, they take out the child medicate him/her then put him/her back in. Thalassemia is a genetic disorder that I really am interested in helping.
REFERANCES: GOOGLE THALASSEMIA WIKIPEDIA
GOOGLE THALASSEMIA FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
GOOGLE DO THALASSEMIA CARRIERS HAVE AN ADVANTAGE THALASSEMIA BENEFITS - NEWS MEDICAL