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2007-05-04 India-Pakistan
'Cousin marriages may increase thalassaemia risk'
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Posted by Fred 2007-05-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Nonsense.

Would allen let that happen?
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2007-05-04 00:14|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]  2007-05-04 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Science says all humanity can be traced to a common pair of Male-Female genes, i.e. ADAM and EVE. The jury still out on LILITH - YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS,MORIARTY, WHEN YOU SERVE APPLES FROM SNAKES, INSTEAD OF MANGOS OR BANANAS.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-05-04 01:34||   2007-05-04 01:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Thalassaemia is a genetic disorder found a lot in the Mediterranean area and people with that blood.

In the major form, it's fatal. The minor form, about 20 percent of your red blood cells are mis-shaped and don't carry hemoglobin efficently. I understood it was a variant off sickle cell anemia, which I understand was a genetic attempt to ward off malaria.

I have the minor form, which means I don't run marathons.

Cousin marriages, eh? Well, I do have relatives in Mississippi ... :-D
Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2007-05-04 04:02||   2007-05-04 04:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks for the input, MM, but ya never wanna let a few facts get in the way of a mediocre story.
Posted by Bobby 2007-05-04 06:15||   2007-05-04 06:15|| Front Page Top

#5 The Wikipedia article explains that thalassemia comes from genetic defects that cause reduced production of either the α or β-globin proteins of hemoglobin. The excess proteins of the other type form unstable chains that work really badly. Sickle-cell anemia, on the other hand, is caused by a point mutation that results in a single amino-acid substitution; that changes the protein's shape and mkes the red blood cell sickle. The two diseases aren't that similar.

You know, the Ashkenazi-Jewish population managd to figure out what to do with its genetic diseases. I've got one of them in my family. But will the Arabs and the Pakistanis learn from us? Nooooo! Also quoting:

A screening policy exists on both sides of the island of Cyprus to reduce the incidence of thalassemia, which since the program's implementation in the 1970s (which also includes pre-natal screening and abortion) has reduced the number of children born with the hereditary blood disease from 1 out of every 158 births to almost zero.

Well, I guess that's an intelligence test.
Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow  2007-05-04 08:09||   2007-05-04 08:09|| Front Page Top

#6 A brilliant scientific breakthrough.
Posted by gromgoru 2007-05-04 08:19||   2007-05-04 08:19|| Front Page Top

#7 But goats are still ok, aren't they?
Posted by anonymous5089 2007-05-04 10:31||   2007-05-04 10:31|| Front Page Top

#8 As long as they aren't related...
Posted by tu3031 2007-05-04 11:01||   2007-05-04 11:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Withhold all medical treatment and aid intended to combat this avoidable condition. Do this, if only to confer the financial burden of costly treatments upon our enemies. Discouraging any intermarriage of cousins is a vital first step in dismantling the deeply embedded tribal mentality that helps pepetuate terrorism in Muslim majority countries. Not interfering with natural selection's own penalties for such disadvantageous practices is one of the few benign strategies we can adopt in the fight against Islam. We must allow Muslims to kill themselves and each other to the maximum extent with their barbaric and ill-conceived (so to speak), institutions. Our only other alternatives are far more brutal and lethal.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-05-04 11:12||   2007-05-04 11:12|| Front Page Top

#10 heh
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Posted by Shipman 2007-05-04 13:05||   2007-05-04 13:05|| Front Page Top

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Posted by DMFD 2007-05-04 19:07||   2007-05-04 19:07|| Front Page Top

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