September 16, 2010 — Treating β-thalassemia with gene therapy has enabled a young adult patient who received his first transfusion at age 3 years to live without transfusions for more than 2 years.

According to a doctor, other factors, such as exposure to contaminated needles, could also lead to HIV infections.

Five children with thalassemia in Jharkhand tested HIV-positive after blood transfusions. The Civil Surgeon and other ...

Patients with sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia treated with exagamglogene autotemcel reported substantial and ...

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland provides new therapy to first patient since FDA approval. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is the first hospital in the West to administer a newly ...

Initial investigations by a five-member team indicated that at least one of the thalassemia patients received contaminated ...

Four thalassemia patients in Chaibasa test HIV-positive; investigation reveals possible blood bank contamination amid rising ...

Jharkhand's blood bank system is under scrutiny after five thalassemia patients contracted HIV from transfusions in Chaibasa. This follows a similar 2 ...

A health scare erupted at Chaibasa Sadar Hospital in West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, after a seven-year-old Thalassemia patient tested positive for HIV, hospital sources said today.

Parents of a seven-year-old Thalassemia patient have accused a blood bank in Jharkhand of transfusing HIV-infected blood. A ...

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has ordered the suspension of officials after five children with thalassemia tested HIV ...