Soil water status as a function of pressure (tension). Soil water status in natural soils can range from a flooded. condition to drainable gravitational water to plant available water. down to hydroscopic water. Tensions in natural soils do not. exceed -31,000; in this range, water is absorbed from the air.
Advanced Search. Tay-Sachs disease (the most severe form of Hexosaminidase A deficiency) is a progressive, fatal genetic condition that affects the nerve cells in the brain.
Tay-Sachs diseases causes a progressive deterioration of nerve cells and of mental and physical abilities that begins around six months of age. The disease occurs when harmful quantities of cell membrane components known as gangliosides accumulate in the brain 's nerve cells.