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National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association (NTSAD) leads the worldwide fight to treat and cure Tay-Sachs, Canavan, GM1, and Sandhoff diseases by driving research, forging collaboration, and fostering community. Supporting families is the center of everything we do.
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NTSAD - If I am a carrier for Tay-Sachs disease or an allied disease, does that mean that I will get the disease?
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- Category: Known Carrier of Tay-Sachs Disease
No. Carriers do not express the symptoms of the disease. You need two mutated copies of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent, to develop an autosomal recessive disease.
For more information about autosomal recessive inheritance, visit the About Inheritance page.