Bangladesh has been able to control infectious diseases and reduces child death rate over the past decade. Non-communicable diseases control (NCDC) program have not yet started effectively. Genetic ...

It wasn't until she underwent a thalassaemia screening that the actual cause came to light: She was a carrier of beta-thalassemia a condition she had never even heard of, let alone been aware that ...

Known as Zynteglo in Europe where it is approved to treat the rare blood disorder beta-thalassemia, the gene therapy has been given the all-clear by bluebird’s scientists after reviewing the ...

Nabeel was born with an inherited blood disorder called beta thalassemia. "It was just, like, so painful," she said. "Like I was in constant pain." And there were constant blood transfusions — a ...

Developed at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and called Zynteglo, the medicine uses the patient's own stem ...

This can cause anaemia, which leads to tiredness, weakness, and in serious cases, problems with organs.There are two main types of thalassemia: alpha and beta. The more serious form, called beta ...

Beta Thalassemia and sickle cell disorders continue to be major health challenges in India, with Thalassemia being one of the most common inherited blood disorders. The condition results in a ...

Just seven months old and Pratham’s world and that of his family was turned upside down when he was diagnosed with thalassemia major, a severe and inherited blood disorder. For nearly seven long ...

The special fast-track treatment is for LentiGlobin BB305, a potentially groundbreaking treatment of transfusion-dependent patients with the rare blood disorder beta-thalassemia major. Analysts at ...