While beta-thalassemia major requires life-long blood transfusions for survival, non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia ...
Patients with beta-thalassemia major (also known as Cooley's anemia) have a reduction or absence of beta protein in their ...
The innovative treatment, provided by Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center (ADSCC), in coordination with DoH and in collaboration with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...