And in addition to Ashkenazic Jews, this population also includes Sephardic Jews and Arabs. More than 60 percent of marriages in Arabs are in the family' - consanguineous. According to Bach, there are numerous other conditions and afflictions which can be transmitted genetically, including heart problems, high cholesterol, cancers, diabetes, arthritis and mental disturbances. Knowing the gene and knowing the mutations gives us the most important mechanism to diagnose the disease. One approach to treat genetic disorders is to supply the body with the protein it is missing.
Genes direct the production of proteins and a faulty gene can produce a dysfunctional protein.
If that protein is replaced it can allay the symptoms of the disease. We treat Gaucher's disease. Enzymes enter the cells which are affected by the disease. Thus, Tay Sachs still has no known treatment and all babies born with that disease are doomed to die within a few short years. Alternatively we can introduce the normal gene which will function and overcome the mutated gene.