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Sickle cell anemia is a recessive disorder in which hemoglobinloses the ability to effectively deliver oxygen to the tissues.Gene therapy in which hemoglobin gamma-chain is introduced tosickle cell anemia patients seems to be a promising new therapy tocorrect the disease. Why do you think this is possible, based onyour knowledge of the sickle cell mutation and the differenthemoglobin polypeptide chains?

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sickle cell disease is a inherited blood disease due to defective hemoglobin where red blood cells RBC are not shaped in their usual way it is a recessive disorder however gene therapy is    See Answer
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