Hypotheses which have been suggested as the cause of the disaster include unsafe speed, an insurance scam, an ice-pack rather than an iceberg, and even a curse on the ship by the Unlucky Mummy.
Sorting type: |. Confirmed Beta Level Mutants. A character can only be added to this category if they have a reference for when they were 'outed' as a Beta.
Beta Thalassemia (Cooley's Anemia) in Children What is beta thalassemia? Thalassemia is an inherited disorder that affects the production of normal hemoglobin (a type of protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to the tissues of the body). Thalassemia includes a number of different forms of anemia. The severity and type of anemia, including the beta thalassemias, depends on the number of genes that are affected. Beta thalassemia is caused by mutations in the beta chain of the hemoglobin molecule. There is one beta chain gene on each #11 chromosome, for a total of two. How these genes are altered determines the specific type of beta thalassemia in a child: Beta thalassemia major (Cooley's anemia).