Auditory Processing Disorder

  Yuki is a four-year-old female growing up in a two-parent family and has one older sister (age 7). She lives in a middle-class neighborhood where there are many young children and a neighborhood park. She likes to go to the park and play with other children. Her parents have become very concerned that while … Read more

Biochemistry

 Duringtonightsclass, wediscussedproteinstructureandhowchangesintheamino acidsequenceofaproteincansignificantlyalteritsfunction andcause diseases/disorders. Withthisinmind,writeaparagraphthatexplainsthe causeof sicklecellanemia disease? Youranswershouldbe nolongerthanonepageandshouldanswer ALL ofthefollowing questions: 1. What isthe name (spellitout)ofthespecificproteinthatisaffectedinsicklecell anemia disease? 2. Describethe specificchangeintheaminoacidsequence thatcausessicklecell anemiadisease? 3. Howdoesthisprotein functioninnormalpeople whodo notsufferfromsicklecell anemiadisease? 4. Whatarethesymptomsthatindividualswithsicklecellanemiadiseaseexperience? 5. Isthereacureforsicklecellsanemiadisease?Ifnot,describethetypesof treatmentsthatareusedtoalleviate thesymptomsofsickleanemiadisease. Youwillearn20pts forcorrectlyansweringeachquestion(maximumpointsearnedis 100).Youmayusetheinternetand/oryourtextbooktoassistyou,butpleaseDONOT copyyouranswersdirectlyfromtheinternetortextbook.