India accounts for approximately 25 per cent of the world’s β-thalassemia cases, with an estimated 42 million carriers nationwide. Every year, between 10,000 and 15,000 children are born with ...

Patients with beta-thalassemia major (also known as Cooley's anemia) have a reduction or absence of beta protein in their hemoglobin, resulting in severe anemia, which requires regular blood ...

"The multidisciplinary aspect of the guidelines meant that we really needed rigorous input from endocrinologists who have expertise in male and female infertility, as well as from obstetricians and ...

Thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder that affects the body’s ability to produce red blood cells. While many people carry the same gene without experiencing symptoms, thalassemia can lead to severe ...

When it comes to awareness work around rare diseases, medical marketers often have to take a novel approach to the subject at hand. “I don’t think there’s a proprietary blueprint for how you do rare ...

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is the first hospital in the West to administer a newly approved gene therapy to treat beta thalassemia, a rare, genetic blood disorder that causes severe ...

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 ...

Children with thalassemia from Pune and nearby areas have registered for the Friday camp, where blood disorder specialists Dr. Sameer Melinkeri and Dr. Chinmay Umarji of Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital w ...