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HEXA AR unreviewed

Tay-Sachs disease

Enzyme or protein defect

beta-Hexosaminidase A

Accumulates or becomes deficient

GM2 ganglioside

Key features

Cherry-red macula, hyperacusis/startle, progressive neurodegeneration; NO hepatosplenomegaly

Management

Supportive

Not clinical guidance. Written from standard clinical biochemistry, not from the uploaded documents, and marked unreviewed. Teaching-level reference for study and database seeding only. It must not be used to manage a patient.

Recent literature

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  1. 1
    Disruptions in speech, language and social communication in lysosomal storage diseases.

    Johnson G, Gool RV, Gaskin K, Wong J, Upadhyay J, Vogel AP. · 2026-09-02

    unreviewed
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    Reappraising the topology of cell-free fetal DNA in maternal blood toward improved prenatal genetic diagnostics.

    Sparkes K, Winter M, Dekker GA, Chamley L, Larsen MJ, Thierry B. · 2026-10-02

    open access unreviewed
  4. 4
    Decision-Making in IVF: Restrictions on PGT-M Positive Embryo Transfers-A Qualitative Study.

    Donath E, Dubrow D, Boyd A, Gallagher K, Georges Merin B. · 2026-10-01

    unreviewed
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    Recent Advances in CRISPR/Cas Technologies for Biological Discovery, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics.

    Kim MS, Do HS, Jang HY, Lee KE, Lee SJ. · 2026-09-02

    open access unreviewed
  7. 7
    Spectrum of inherited metabolic disorders diagnosed through newborn screening and symptomatic referrals in Eastern Türkiye.

    Arslan S, Ekinci Uğan F, Yaralı O, Kahveci H. · 2026-09-04

    open access unreviewed
  8. 8
    A Comparative Analysis of Aging Across Causes of Death.

    Sorci G, Faivre B. · 2026-09-01

    open access unreviewed
  9. 9
    Advances in prime editing: Molecular innovations, Large-fragment engineering, and AI-driven design.

    Muhammad W, Cao X, Umar A, Nauman K, Jiao Z, Liu J, Wang X, Xu K. · 2026-06-30

    open access unreviewed
  10. 10
    A Contemporary Pathomechanistic Nosology of Inherited Lysosomal Disorders.

    McCarron EP, Blau N, Eden ER, Platt FM, Aerts JM, Jones SA, Ferreira CR, Stepien KM. · 2026-09-01

    cited 1× unreviewed

External claims. These come from an index outside this database and are not checked against it. Treat them as leads.