Molecules of sickle-cell hemoglobin stick to one another ... often resulting in a frameshift One form of beta-thalassemia Deletion One or more nucleotides is "skipped" during replication or ...

An essential factor in distinguishing thalassemia phenotypes is transfusion dependence. While beta-thalassemia major requires ...

Norah Awad has lived with beta thalassemia major, a severe blood disorder that has required monthly transfusions since she ...

Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder in which the body makes an abnormal form of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The disorder results ...