One of my kidneys is abnormally small and it makes me have frequent kidney infections. I was born with a kidney condition and my mom had to be induced to be able to give birth to me early. This movie also connected with me on a further level. It was so sad to learn about their babies having this disease. There was one family in the movie where every member was a carrier of the disease. Children with this disease die by the age of five to seven. Therefore, the protein doesn’t work, fat builds up and swells the brain, and eventually brain cells are crushed. Because genes create proteins, the error causes a problem in the protein that is supposed to dissolve the fat in the brain. Tay Sach’s is a progressive disease where one spot of the DNA ladder goes wrong. One thing that stuck with me was the story about the family with Tay Sach’s disease. I learned a lot about genes and diseases that come with mutations in the gene sequence. To watch the movie, “Cracking the Code of Life” click here:Īfter watching the “Cracking the Code of Life” Video, I became more aware of the Human Genome Project’s role in gene mapping and the genetic code.
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