The thalassemias are an inherited group of heterogeneous anemias in which 1 or more of the globin chains in the hemoglobin tetramer are absent. Among the 4 classic alpha thalassemia syndromes, there ...

A rare blood disorder, alpha thalassemia, affects thousands of people. About 5% to 20% of the world population carries one or more α-thalassemia mutations, according to the data. If left untreated, it ...

When we think about common health issues, diabetes and high blood pressure are the most common health issues that pop into our minds. However, some other disorders are more common than we think and ...

Researchers from Mahidol University have developed a rapid, high-throughput screening method for prevention and control of thalassemia. The related report by Munkongdee et al, "Rapid diagnosis of ...

Thalassemia is an inherited blood condition. When you have it, your body has fewer red blood cells and less of a protein called hemoglobin than it should. Hemoglobin is important because it lets your ...

Philadelphia, May 29, 2020 - In a report in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier, researchers describe a rapid, accurate novel assay for nondeletional alpha-thalassemia ...

HYDROPS fetalis associated with hemoglobin Barts is believed to represent the homozygous state of α thalassemia. Ten cases occurring in Chinese families in Indonesia, Malaya and Hong Kong, 1 in a ...

"This work highlights the importance of further studies to know better the consequences of genetic variability on the long-range regulation of α-globin genes in humans." - Pena et al., Molecular ...

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 in ...