Tay-Sachs diagnosis comes as cruel surprise: Non-Jewish parents usually aren't screened for the disease

Charleston Daily Mail | February 6, 2006| | Copyright

The cherry-red spots on the baby boy's retina told a tale of genetic catastrophe: Conner Hopf, 11 months old, almost surely will not live to see his 5th birthday.

Before he dies, he's likely to go blind, lose much of his hearing and become unable to move. He will probably never learn to speak.

He has a rare degenerative disease known as Tay-Sachs, which once principally struck children of Eastern or Central European Jewish heritage. But a nationwide screening program for prospective parents that began in Baltimore 30 years ago has been so effective that the number of Tay-Sachs babies born to ...

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