{"id":441,"date":"2023-06-10T21:37:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T21:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hemdifferently-dev-001.azurewebsites.net\/en-gb\/?page_id=441"},"modified":"2024-07-23T09:11:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T09:11:16","slug":"what-is-a-gene","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/haemophilia.biomarin.com\/en-gb\/what-is-a-gene\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a gene?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR THE HUMAN BODY<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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You’ve probably heard about genes<\/strong> and how you got your hair colour from one biological parent and your eye colour from the other.<\/h2>\n

But there is so much more to genetics<\/strong> and how genes work in the body.<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n \t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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GENES ARE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE HUMAN BODY<\/h2>\n

The key role of genes is to provide the instructions for making proteins. Proteins are the building blocks of the body and serve important functions like tissue repair and helping blood to clot.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n

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GENES ARE SEGMENTS OF DNA<\/h2>\n

Think of DNA as the language used in your genetic instructions. DNA is made up of components called nucleotide bases<\/span><\/strong>, which are like the letters of a word. You must have the correct nucleotide bases in the correct order for the gene<\/span><\/strong> to fulfill its intended purpose – producing proteins with normal function.<\/p>\n

DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. The four nucleotide bases responsible for gene construction are adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) and thymine (T). These nucleotides pair up with each other, A with T and C with G.<\/p>\n

They can be found in our chromosomes, which contain tens of thousands of known genes. Your chromosomes lie deep within a structure called the nucleus<\/span>,<\/strong> which acts as the command center of the cells that make up your body.<\/p>\n

Human cells typically contain 23 pairs of chromosomes. In males and females, 22 of those pairs look the same. The 23rd pair, also called the sex chromosomes, differs between males and females. Females have two copies of the X chromosome<\/span>,<\/strong> while males have a single pair of X and Y chromosomes.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n

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What causes genetic conditions?<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHaemDifferently | What is a Gene?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about how genes provide step-by-step instructions for vital functions and how genes play a role in gene therapy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/haemophilia.biomarin.com\/en-gb\/what-is-a-gene\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HaemDifferently | What is a Gene?\" \/>\n<meta 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