Word: beta-thalassemia
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...first candidates for this therapy would be people with life-threatening hereditary disorders that are caused by a single, known defective gene. Among the illnesses being considered for gene therapy: beta-thalassemia, a severe form of anemia, and three rare disorders caused in each case by a defect in a gene that orders the production of a single, vital protein...
Presently the method of identification can detect two types of anemia, alphathalassemia and beta-delta-thalassemia. The most common type of anemia in the country, beta-thalassemia (Cooley's anemia) cannot be detected...
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