Elly - interesting topic you have chosen. I have known several people in my life that have suffered from this disease, unfortunately they have all died from AIDS as a result of a blood transfusions in the 80's, which was fairly common then.
I would have like to have learned a little bit more about the process - specifically what role do the factors VIII and IX play in clotting and then it would become more evident why a mutation in those genes causes the symptoms that it does. We have learned about the clotting process in class and I think it is important to try and relate the process we learned in class to your new information here.
Elly - interesting topic you have chosen. I have known several people in my life that have suffered from this disease, unfortunately they have all died from AIDS as a result of a blood transfusions in the 80's, which was fairly common then.
ReplyDeleteI would have like to have learned a little bit more about the process - specifically what role do the factors VIII and IX play in clotting and then it would become more evident why a mutation in those genes causes the symptoms that it does. We have learned about the clotting process in class and I think it is important to try and relate the process we learned in class to your new information here.