Nakornpathom, Thailand – Researchers from Mahidol University have developed a rapid, high-throughput screening method for prevention and control of thalassemia. The related report by Munkongdee et al, ...

Thalassemia is subdivided into α-thalassemia and β-thalassemia, depending on the underlying genetic mutation and affected globin-chain subunits within the hemoglobin tetramer. The α-thalassemias have ...

An essential factor in distinguishing thalassemia phenotypes is transfusion dependence. While beta-thalassemia major requires life-long blood transfusions for survival, non-transfusion-dependent ...

beta-thalassemia minor, which causes few or no symptoms beta-thalassemia major, which causes serious symptoms and may require blood transfusions beta-thalassemia intermedia, which causes symptoms ...

Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that affects the production of hemoglobin and red blood cells. Symptoms include jaundice, chest pain, breathing problems, and more. Various complications can ...

CONVINCING evidence has been presented that the term thalassemia does not describe a specific or homogeneous entity. Bather, it refers to a group of heritable defects of hemoglobin synthesis ...

If you or your child gets a diagnosis of the blood disorder beta thalassemia, it's important to find out which type it is. The kind of disease you have affects the symptoms you can expect and the ...

Thalassemia is an inherited blood condition. When you have it, your body has fewer red blood cells and less of a protein called hemoglobin than it should. Hemoglobin is important because it lets your ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital is among the first in the country to use a new gene therapy to treat patients with thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder that affects the ...

Around 5.2% of the global population carries abnormal hemoglobin genes [1]. Each year, 300,000 to 500,000 children are born with severe hemoglobinopathies worldwide, with approximately 80% of these ...