Canavan disorder

Canaven Disease is rare .Discovered in 1931 there have been only 30 reported cases in the United States ,but one in five thousand Ashkenazi Jews are diagnosed.This disorder is most common in children of Jewish decent. A child with canaven disease may experience many symptoms.For example ,lack of head control ,reduced visual responsiveness and abnormal muscle tone.Likewise at the molecular level 17 chromosomes that causes a dificiency of an enzyme callled aspartocecylase.In order for a child to be affected they have to inherit one allele of the mutated gene from each parent.A life span of an infant withCanavan Disease does not live long.They will die before the age of four.When I read this blog it made me feel sad because those children with the disorder will not live for a long time.they will not even begin thier lifes.It makes me thankful for what I have.

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