For identical twins, if one of them develops the autoimmune disorder because of genetic reason, does that necessarily means the other one will develop the disease? Or it only means the other one is more likely to have this disease than others?

Q: Explain why women who show no disease symptoms themselves can pass on inheritable immunodeficiencies…

A: Suppose a trait for disease is carried by a female on one of her X chromosomes and this trait is…

Q: What type of Monogenic Immune disorders are there? Is X-linked inheritance syndrome a type of…

A: Monogenic immune disorders are caused by variation in a single gene.  The variation in this gene…

Q: Of the four types of acquired immunity, which do you think your immune system has undergone?

A: Body's ability to counteract or fight with foreign organisms known as a pathogen. A person may…

Q: Jonah and Jana are siblings. Jonah has the genetic disorder cystic fibrosis, caused by inheriting…

A: Given: Jonah and Jana are siblings. Jonah has the genetic disorder cystic fibrosis,caused by…

Q: What are autoimmune diseases? Give two examples?

A: The complex network of proteins and cells that protects the body against infection is called the…

Q: I figured out that TJ and his brother have chronic granulomatous disease with defective NADPH…

A: Introduction :- Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare genetic disorder that affects the…

Q: Why is the agglutination seen in Rh finer than that seen in groups A and B?

A: If you have blood group test if the blood is showing agglutination  then It is RH positive and if…

Q: Vhy is inactivity a primary risk factor for many different diseases?

A: Physical inactivity or being inactive is the point at which you don't move your body for significant…

Q: What is the difference between sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait? Select all that apply.…

A: Genetic diseases are conditions that are passed down through families and are caused by changes or…

Q: One of your patients, a six-year-old girl who suffers from Sickle cell anemia, an inherited blood…

A: Sickle cell anemia is a rare genetic disorder that follows an autosomal recessive inheritance…

Q: A woman is a carrier for hemophilia as well as red-green colorblindness. She has one son that has…

A: The branch of biology that is associated with studying living beings’ molecular as well as genetic…

Q: What is autoimmunity and how do autoimmune diseases occur

A: Autoimmunity: It is made up of cells, different organ and protein.These are also called antibodies…

Q: Hereditary hemochromatosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder that causes the body to absorb…

A: Mutations are alterations in the DNA sequence of an organism. Small changes, such as adding or…

Q: Why is fragile X, but not Huntington disease, considered a syndrome?

A: Fragile X syndrome causes various symptoms including developmental delays, cognitive impairment, and…

Q: Why does the Tasmanian devil immune system not fight off the foreign cells that cause Devil Facial…

A: Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor(TDFT) is a kind of cancer that is transmitted from the infected person…

Q: What is the complement strand to this à 3’-AATGCTCGATTCGGCTA – 5’?

A: The genetic code is a set of rules that govern how information encoded in genetic material, such as…

Q: A man with blood type A (whose mother was blood type O) has children with a woman that has blood…

A: The correct option is (C).A man is heterozygous for blood group A as his mother was blood type O.…

Q: What is inherited?

A: Inheritance is the process by which a cell or organism acquires the genetic information from the…

Q: The Mic2 gene in humans is present on both the X and Y chromosome. Let’s suppose the Mic2 gene…

A: Autosomes refer to the chromosomes other than sex chromosomes. These chromosomes are present in…

Q: What is Autoimmune theory ?

A: The immune system is an essential body system that is composed of special cells, proteins, tissues…

Q: X-linked disorders (like hemophilia) are more likely to affect people of one gender than the other.…

A: Haemophilia is one of the X-linked recessive hereditary genetic diseases, which occur when the gene…

Q: What are examples for natural resistance, chromosomal resistance, and extrachromosomal resistance?

A: To resist the drug, bacteria do not specifically change itself to survive. Mostly random mutations…

Q: A child has a blood type of “B positive”.  This child is known to be a heterozygote at the ABO blood…

A: ABO blood group is an example of multiple alleles as there are more than two alleles are present for…

Q: Individuals who express HLA-B27 are 90 times more likely to develop the autoimmune disorder…

A: HLA-B27 is called human leukocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27). Human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) are…

Q: Individuals who express HLA-B27 are 90 times more likely to develop the autoimmune disorder…

A: Human Leukocyte Antigen B27 or HLA-B27 is a kind of antigen categorized into class I of antigen and…

Q: What is meant by autoimmunity? b) Why are chemotherapy drugs sometimes used to treat autoimmune…

A: Autoimmunity is a misguided immunological response that develops when the immune system malfunctions…

Q: What do the terms epistasis and complementation mean?

A: A gene is a sequence of nucleotides in genomes that code for a specific functioning molecule. There…

Q: Draw diagrams that explain five possible mechanisms for thedevelopment of autoimmunity.

A: Autoimmunity is the phenomenon in which antibodies or T cells react with auto-antigens. Autoimmunity…

Q: Explain the term Communicability?

A: Any infectious agent or microorganism (Virus, bacterium, protozoa, ETC) that can cause disease is a…

Q: Why Complementation occurs ?

A: Introduction Complementation is a relationship between two separate strains of an organism that…

Q: ABO blood groups: What happens if the wrong blood type is transfused?  What antigens from the ABO…

A: There are four different types of blood groups according to ABO system. Blood group A  Blood group B…

Q: The gene that is responsible for producing clotting factor VIII is located on the X chromosome. A…

A: The gene that is responsible for producing clotting factor VIII is located on the X chromosome. A…

Q: DNA sequencing of your own two β-globin genes (one from each of your two Chromosome 11s) reveals a…

A: I should be worried since presence of an abnormal beta globin chains may be an early indicator of…

Q: Describe  a type of autoimmune disease. There are many of them. What is an autoimmune disease? Who…

A: A type of autoimmune disease is any disease caused by an abnormal immune response to a normal body…

Q: For the following mechanism that is thought to contribute to maternal–fetal tolerance, state whether…

A: Yes, tissues at the maternal-fetal interface are populated with non-professional APCs that lack…

Immune Disorders

The collaboration between the cells and proteins that work together as a defense system against infection comprises the immune system.Each of them performs a variety of tasks to recognize and/or react against a foreign body.