Medpage Today on MSN2mon
Managing Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Presents Challenges
While beta-thalassemia major requires life-long blood transfusions for survival, non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia ...
Medpage Today on MSN3mon
Transitioning From Pediatric to Adult Care for Beta-Thalassemia
Patients with beta-thalassemia major (also known as Cooley's anemia) have a reduction or absence of beta protein in their ...
Indiatimes25d
What is the state of Thalassemia in India and how to eradicate it from the country?
India has around 50 million (5 crore) carriers of the ß (beta) thalassemia ... 5 per cent of the population. Thalassemia major patients require ‘life long’ blood transfusions once every ...
Deccan Chronicle29d
The Silent Suffering of Thalassemia Patients: A Call to Action
Thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, affects thousands of people in Telangana and Hyderabad, yet awareness and understanding of the condition remain limited. We spoke to Chandrakant Agarwal ...
University of Bristol1y
Immortalised B-thalassemia and CDA IV erythroid lines
Immortalised at the pro- to early basophilic erythroblast stage with a doubling time of approximately 24 hours, the cells can also be induced to differentiate and produce a final reticulocyte ...
Nature1y
Genetic Mutation
The rigid, misshapen blood cells do not carry oxygen well ... often resulting in a frameshift One form of beta-thalassemia Deletion One or more nucleotides is "skipped" during replication or ...