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Sickle Cell Disease Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder that directly impacts about 100,000 Americans today. It is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States. Sickle Cell disease causes red blood cells to form in the shape of a “c” instead of their normal round shape. Sickle Cell disease is caused by a point mutation in the Hemoglobin-Beta (HBB) gene on chromosome 11 of the genome. The HBB gene has instructions for making hemoglobin, which is the par

Hereditary Pancreatitis is a genetic condition that causes painful inflammation of the pancreas. It presents itself as abdominal pain and is often indistinguishable from any other causes, which leads many who do have hereditary pancreatitis to go undiagnosed and untreated for years.  Hereditary Pancreatitis is a genetic condition caused by the mutations of either the R122H or N291 genes (sometimes other genes, but typically one of these two). When comparing patients with the