Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder that affects the 11th chromosome which is a hemoglobin gene. Hemoglobin is a protein located in red blood cells (RBCs) that carries oxygen through the body. This disorder is inherited from two parents with abnormal genes that are heterozygous (Rr). This means that both parents who have the trait may pass on the disorder to their offspring. The phenotype makeup is recessive. Those who inherit a normal copy of the chromosome 11 and a mutated chromosome will carry
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Sickle cell anemia is a disease that changes normal round red blood cells into cells that are shaped like crescent moons. Sickle cell comes from a farm tool with a curved blade. Sickle cells get stuck and block blood vessels which stop the oxygen from getting through. This causes a lot of pain and can also harm organs‚ muscles‚ and bones. Sickle cell is a lifelong battle that causes pain‚ infection‚ anemia‚ and even a stroke. Sickle cell is an inherited disease. It used to be that when people were
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Abstract Blood donation is dependent on the goodwill of people‚ to voluntarily donate blood‚ without financial reward. There is a continuous need for new blood donors‚ because the demand for donor blood is increasing‚ whereas the supply of blood is declining. Only 3% of the eligible population members actually donate blood. This leaves an enormous potential blood donor base‚ which if tapped into and maintained could lead to an adequate reserve of donations to meet the transfusion needs of this
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synthetic blood samples through a process called blood typing. According to Fredrick H. Martin‚ PhD.‚ et.al‚ blood typing is a test that determines a person’s blood type by checking the blood for the presence or absence of specific glycoprotein called antigens found on the surface of the red blood cells. The two clinically relevant antigens are the A antigen and B antigen. The blood type is named based upon which antigen is present on the surface of its red blood cells. There are four blood types. Blood
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Cell Membrane Permeability and Osmosis Experiment 3 Objectives: To demonstrate the mechanism involved in Osmosis; To demonstrate the tonicity of solutions by subjecting the cells to different concentration of solute. To view‚ under the microscope‚ any change in the shape and volume of the cells after subjecting them to different concentrations of solutes; To demonstrate the permeability of cell membrane by subjecting the cells to different solutes; To demonstrate the mechanism involved in
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The industrial attachment is an important part of the course structure of the university. This is the time students appreciate the theoretical work done in the lecture halls when seen practically. This attachment introduces the student to the outside world in terms of working experience and also prepares them for the future. The department of applied biology therefore introduced the industrial attachment program in its learning curriculum to give students a chance to combine
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century‚ little was known about cell membranes. Until the early 1950s‚ the biological cell membrane was rarely mentioned in scientific literature. It was recognised that something was probably there‚ but hardly anything about it was known. Considering the lack of technical equipment available a century ago‚ scientists such as Charles Overton and Edwin Gorter were not only exploring new territory in looking at the properties of cell membranes‚ but laying the way for future cell biologists. Scientists had
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Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease. The word anemia is defined as meaning that the blood does not have the required number of red blood cells. These cells take on a crescent shape‚ which is where the disease takes its name from the abnormal sickle shapes of the cells. It is commonly found in people from Africa‚ the Mediterranean region‚ southern India and the Middle East. “This disease of the blood was first discovered in 1910 in a black college student from the
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NANOBOTS: THE ARTIFICIAL BLOOD [pic] AUTHOR: S.KALAIYARASAN M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering‚ Karur A.MATHIYAZHAGAN M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering‚ Karur Contact: +91-9789543609 Email ID: kalaisaravanan4@gmail.com [pic] INTRODUCTION Robert A. Freitas Jr. visualizes a future "vasculoid" (vascular-like machine) that would replace human blood with some 500 trillion nanorobots distributed throughout the body’s vasculature as a coating. It could eradicate
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TREATMENT OPTIONS There is NO cure for sickle cell disease‚ although new stem cell research is promising. Bone marrow transplant is a potential cure‚ however finding a matched sibling donor is difficult. Therefore treatment is primarily focused on management of symptoms and prevention of pain episodes. Hydroxyurea (a chemotherapeutic medication) is the only recognized treatment option for the prevention of vaso-occlusive crisis in SCD. It is a prescribed drug for adult patients
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