Importance

Tay-Sachs is a rare genetic disease that mainly affects babies with a quick rate leading to death by the age of about 5. Knowledge of this disease, how one may get the disease and knowing the symptoms can better allow treatments/cures, find/learn about your genetic history and possibilities of passing on a trait and diagnose the child earlier. Though a cure isn't currently available, scientists are hard at work figuring some way to attack the disease. Whether it's on the side of finding ways to slow or prevent more build up or getting rid of the build up, there has been breakthroughs. Family members could possibly not have to worry about losing a member so early on. Not only is the research for treatment of this disease specific, but it can also apply to other diseases that lack a enzyme like Tay-Sachs, or take away lipids in similar lipid storage disorders