Tay Sachs Disease
By: Noah, Scott, and Josiah
Symptoms
Causes
Demographics Commonly Affected
Inheritance
Discoverers
Other names include:
- B variant GM2 gangliosidosis
- GM2 gangliosidosis, type 1
- HexA deficiency
- Hexosaminidase A deficiency
- Hexosaminidase alpha-subunit deficiency (variant B)
- Sphingolipidosis, Tay-Sachs
- TSD
Cures/Treatments
Statistics
The life expectancy for a child with Tay Sachs is around 3-5 years with the average being closer to 3. Symptoms begin about 3-6 months after birth.
Citations
"Tay-Sachs Disease." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 10 Aug. 2010. Web. 15 Nov. 2015. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0024672/>.
"Tay-sachs Disease." Tay-Sachs Disease. National Tay-sachs Disease & Allied Diseases Association of Delaware Valley, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2015. <http://www.tay-sachs.org/taysachs_disease.php>.
"NTSAD - Tay-Sachs." Tay-Sachs. NTSAD, 14 Oct. 2015. Web. 15 Nov. 2015. <http://www.ntsad.org/index.php/tay-sachs>.
"Tay-Sachs Disease." Tay-Sachs Disease. Mayo Clinic, 21 Oct. 2014. Web. 15 Nov. 2015. <http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tay-sachs-disease/basics/definition/con-20036799>.
"Tay-Sachs Disease." Tay-Sachs Disease. Mayo Clinic, 21 Oct. 2014. Web. 15 Nov. 2015. <http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tay-sachs-disease/basics/definition/con-20036799>.