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