See Also: Tay-Sachs disease(health)
Tay-Sachs disease(medicine)
Tay-Sachs disease(encyclopedia)
Tay Sachs Disease(health)
Tay-Sachs(dictionary)
Sachs, M(medicine)
Sachs' bacillus(medicine)
Sachs, Bernard(medicine)
Sachs, Hans(medicine)
Sachs, Maurice(medicine)

Tay-Sachs disease (health)


A genetic disorder carried by an estimated one in 30 Eastern European Jews; babies born with Tay-Sachs lack an essential enzyme and die in early childhood. A preconception test can determine whether potential parents are carriers of the disease.