Many people either do not know the difference between sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease, or believe that sickle cell trait carries no health risk.
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About 8 to 10 percent of the U . S . black population has sickle cell trait, while less than 1 percent has sickle cell anemia.
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This hypothesis is commonly invoked to explain the persistence of some alleles ( most famously the Sickle cell trait allele ) that are harmful in homozygotes.
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Many people either do not know the difference between sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease, or believe that sickle cell trait carries no health risk.
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It is estimated that 1 in 12 blacks carries the sickle cell trait, a genetic predisposition to the condition that can be passed on to their offspring.
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My point was that the military adjusted their protocols in response to knowledge about sickle cell trait, as the penal camp should have done, many years ago.
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The sickle cell trait is not considered a disease, but a hereditary condition in which a person has one normal gene and one abnormal gene in the blood.
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The autopsy results and an investigation by the Florida State University police determined that Devaughn had a sickle cell trait, which can sometimes cause danger during physical exertion.
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It has been established, however, that people with sickle cell trait have a four thousand percent increased incidence of sudden death when put in a boot camp environment.
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But the university's doctor said that because he also had the sickle cell trait, Devard would not be given medical clearance to play football again at Florida State.
