Historically, thalassemia was considered a pediatric condition due to reduced life expectancy, but the practice of routine blood transfusions, along with the improved approaches to iron chelation ...

A 69-year-old woman was referred to the retina service for abnormal posterior segment findings.The patient’s medical history ...

Pediatric thalassemia is an inherited condition that affects red blood cells in children. Some children may need treatment for thalassemia.

Should thalassemia carriers marry? Can thalassemia be prevented? Doctor shares information about this blood disorder that everyone should know.

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 does not affect everyone equally. Signs and symptoms of the disorder may also appear later in childhood or adolescence depending on the severity of the disease.

Thalassemia thrives in absence of premarital testing Despite the passage of 12 years, the law to prevent the genetic blood disorder could not be implemented ...

Thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, affects thousands of people in Telangana and Hyderabad, yet awareness and understanding of the condition remain limited. We spoke to Chandrakant Agarwal ...

Individuals with thalassemia major usually develop symptoms within the first two years of life. These infants may fail to thrive and often have difficulty feeding, tire easily and suffer from ...

Agios Pharmaceuticals filed for regulatory approval of Mitapivat in thalassemia and completed enrollment in a sickle cell study.

The sNDA is supported by data from the phase 3 ENERGIZE and ENERGIZE-T studies, which evaluated mitapivat vs placebo in patients with NTD and TD alpha- or beta-thalassemia, respectively.

A phase 3 trial highlights betibeglogene autotemcel as a potentially curative gene therapy for severe transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia.