President Obama gave transgender Americans a notable mention in the SOTU. But lack of data is holding back policy that could help. In May, Orange is the New Black transgender star Laverne Cox appeared on the cover of Time. Earlier this month, Amazonâs âTransparent,â which focuses on a family with a transgender father, won the Golden Globe for best comedy series.
Chromosomal abnormalities are caused by errors in the number or structure of chromosomes. These errors in the number of chromosomes occur during cell division. There are two kinds of cell division. Mitosis results in two cells that are duplicates of the original cell. This kind of cell division occurs throughout the body, except in the reproductive organs.
Mitochondrial disease. Mitochondrial diseases are a group of disorders caused by dysfunctional mitochondria, the organelles that generate energy for the cell. Mitochondria are found in every cell of the human body except red blood cells, and convert the energy of food molecules into the ATP that powers most cell functions. Mitochondrial diseases are sometimes caused by mutations in the mitochondrial DNA that affect mitochondrial function. Other mitochondrial diseases are caused by mutations in genes of the nuclear DNA