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Tay-Sachs Tay-Sachs disease is a genetic disorder that occurs in children. This disease causes their central nervous system to breakdown, which in turn is the basis for their death. The disease is named for Warren Tay and Bernard Sachs. Tay-Sachs disease is caused by the absence of an enzyme called Hexosamindase A, which is referred to as Hex-A. The lack of this enzyme causes many metabolic problems for its host because it is necessary for …

…Many metabolic disorders plague people throughout the world, yet few are as terrible and devastating to a family as Tay-Sachs disease. This is because the disease comes with absolutely no warning to the child’s healthy carrier parents. As soon as they find out their child is afflicted they must face the inevitable fact that he will die in 5 short years. Bibliography 1. www.tay-sachs.org./whatisa.htm 2. www.noah.cuny.edu/neuro/neuropg.htm#taysachs.