Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Genetic Disorders (patau's syndrome)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patau%27s_syndrome There are so many diseases a human can live through, but some a disease a human dies. For example, there is patau's syndrome. This is a very rare disease but is very uncommon. It was founded by an Italian scientist named David Patau. What happens to the baby is that, everything is deformed inside and out. For eaxample, there is severe brain shrinkage, and body parts are places where they are not supposed to. Like having an ear where your nose is. Scientists discovered that 20% of it happens to males and only 2% happens to females. Also it was discovered that the syndrome happens every 25,00 births. Some symptoms is when a baby has a very bad smell when in side the mother. There are no cures for this terrible disease because a baby only lives about 4-8 weeks, and if lucky enough, it lives about 1-2 years. Also, if the baby survives, it will have a severe case of mental retardation. The whole world is vulnerable to patau's and nobody knows why. Lastly, this disease isn't contagious and and is not inherited. If feel bad for people who have patau's syndrome because they only live a short life from 4 weeks to 2 years. This is because there is one extra chromosome created.

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