Hammertoe and mallet toe. Treatment. If your toe is still flexible, your doctor might recommend that you change to roomier, more comfortable footwear and that you wear shoe inserts (orthotics) or pads. Inserts or pads can reposition your toe and relieve pressure and pain. In addition, your doctor might suggest exercises â such as picking up marbles or crumpling a towel with your toes â to stretch and strengthen your toe muscles. If conservative treatments don't help, your doctor might recommend surgery to release the tendon that's preventing your toe from lying flat.
Genes on chromosome 8 are among the estimated 20,000 to 25,000 total genes in the human genome. Chromosome 8 likely contains between 700 and 1,100 genes. Chromosome 9 likely contains between 800 and 1,300 genes. Chromosome 14 likely contains between 800 and 1,300 genes.
A protein could contain just a few amino acids in its chain or it could have several thousand. Proteins form the basis for most of what the body does, such as digestion, making energy and growing. Genes are packaged in bundles called chromosomes. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes (for a total of 46). Of those, 1 pair is the sex chromosomes (determines whether you are male or female, plus some other body characteristics), and the other 22 pairs are autosomal chromosomes (determine the rest of the bodyâs makeup).