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 ...

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will develop a strategic plan and blueprint for addressing thalassemia in the United States. In conducting its work ...

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 ...

Thalassemia, a prevalent inherited blood disorder in India, poses significant health challenges. Carrier screening identifies couples at risk, while preimplantation genetic testing (PGT-M) during ...