It is estimated that everybody carries 6-8 disease-producing genes. If both the mother and father carry the same disease-producing gene, their child may be affected by an autosomalrecessive genetic disorders. In autosomal dominant disorders, one gene from one parent is enough to make the disease manifest. Many racial and ethnic groups, especially those that encourage marrying within the group, have genetic disorders which occur more frequently in the group.
Jewish Genetic Disorders
Jewish Genetic Disorders are a group of conditions which are unusually common among Ashkenazi Jews -- Jews who have ancestors from Eastern and Central Europe. These same diseases can affect Sephardi Jews and non-Jews, but they afflict Ashkenazi Jews more often - as much as 20 to 100 times more frequently.
- Bloom Syndrome
- Canavan Disease
- Crohn's Disease
- Factor XI Deficiency
- Familial Dysautonomia (Riley-Day syndrome)
- Fanconi Anemia
- Gaucher Disease
- Mucolipidosis IV
- Niemann-Pick Disease
- Non-Classical Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Torsion Dystonia
- Disease Predisposition Genes are disorders which result from the combination of specific genes
- Breast Cancer (BRCA1 and BRCA2)
- Familial Colon Cancer
No comments:
Post a Comment