Genetic Disease Review

Facial deformities/Ears do not develop.

• Alzheimers

• PKU

• Treacher-Collins Syndrome

• Tay-Sachs Disease

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Degenerative brain disorder. Dementia/memory loss.

• Alzheimers

• Marfan Syndrome

• Autism

• Bloom Syndrome

Fat build-up in brain causing nerve damage.

• Treacher-Collins Syndrome

• Bloom Syndrome

• Diabetes

• Tay-Sachs Disease

Spectrum disorder. Social and learning problems.

• Down Syndrome

• Fragile-X Syndrome

• Hemophilia

• Autism

Spinal column/chord not enclosed properly, possible paralysis.

• Sickle Cell Anemia

• Cystic Fibrosis

• SCID

• Spina Bifida

Periods of extreme highs and lows (Mania/Depression)

• Bipolar Disorder

• Color Blindness

• PKU

• Progeria

Deformed red blood cells (RBCs)

• Hemophilia

• PKU

• Sickle Cell Anemia

• Marfan Syndrome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Short stature, susceptible to cancers.

• Tay-Sachs Disease

• Bloom Syndrome

• Cystic Fibrosis

• SCID

Inability to see colors.

• Alzheimers

• PKU

• Huntington's Disease

• Color Blindness

Born without an immune system.

• SCID

• Huntington's Disease

• Muscular Dystrophy

• Progeria