What is sickle cell anemia.

A mother of in central Africa has had no health problems her entire life. She has four beautiful children in her lifetime. Her first child of eight years old catches malaria; he sweats in his sleep every night, experiences the chills, is plagued with the fever, and has periodic attacks. To make matters even worse he has developed the condition known as splenomegaly which causes an enlargement of the spine that cripples him to his …

…die, a population that lives where malaria is prevalent experiences for ...... Note* unfinished. As much as it hurts to accept, people will have to die in order to secure the rest of a population. Perhaps later on such a genetic defect will prevent other diseases such as AIDS, Ebola, or West Nile. We as humans must not be afraid of these genetic mutations, as they are only part of the evolutionary change that is occurring.