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What is mutation in the DNA sequence for the hemoglobin gene ?

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Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease with severe symptoms, including pain and anemia. The disease is caused by a mutated version of the gene that helps make hemoglobin a protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells. People with two copies of the sickle cell gene have the disease.

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