Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College may have discovered the precise role of a gene in beta-thalassemia, The study, entitled “Decreased differentiation of erythroid cells exacerbates ineffective erythropoiesis in B-thalassemia” was published in the May 14, 2008 online issue of the journal Blood, the official publication of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). Splenectomy (spleen removal) […]
Roll of Beta-Thalassemia Gene Discovered
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
: News
: American Portuguese Biomedical Fund, Associazione per la Lotta alla Talassemia di Rovigo, AVLT, beta-thalassemia, CCBF, Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation, Dr. Stefano Rivella, National Institutes of Health, NIH, RoFAR, the Carlo and Micol Schejola Foundation, the Roche Foundation for Anemia Research, Weill Cornell Medical College