Assertion: hemophilia's gene | /r/Causes | hemophilia
Facets:
value: on the x chromosome
type: LOCATION
value: with a normal one
type: OTHER
value: with a properly functioning gene
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: A woman may carry and pass the gene that causes hemophilia, but not have hemophilia.
text: Because the gene that causes hemophilia A and B is located on the X chromosome, the disorder is usually passed from mother to son.
text: CDC is conducting the largest survey to date of people with hemophilia in the United States to identify the mutation ―or change in the gene that causes their hemophilia.
text: A male can have hemophilia if he inherits an affected X chromosome (an X chromosome with a mutation in the gene that causes hemophilia) from his mother.
text: This could be due to a new mutation, or change, in the gene that causes hemophilia.
text: A woman may carry and pass the gene that causes hemophilia, but not have hemophilia.
text: Females who are carriers of hemophilia have one X chromosome with the altered gene that causes hemophilia and one X chromosome with a properly functioning gene.
text: Genetic testing can indicate if particular genes may be causing hemophilia.
text: Researchers are trying to find ways to correct the faulty genes that cause hemophilia.
text: The gene that causes hemophilia is often linked to a person’s sex.
text: —might be used to alter or correct the defective genes that cause hemophilia.
text: —might be used to alter or correct the defective genes that cause hemophilia.
text: Many of them are concentrating on replacing the gene that causes hemophilia with a normal one that will raise the level of deficient clotting factors to promote coagulation.
text: In other words, they carry the gene that causes hemophilia on the X chromosome, which means that they can pass the affected gene onto their children.
text: There are a number of new therapies under development which include gene therapy where researchers are investigating means by which the faulty genes that cause bleeding disorders such as hemophilia can be corrected.
text: It happens when the baby girl gets passed both sets of genes that cause hemophilia, from her mother and her father.