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Hemophilia B effectively treated by replacing gene
Medical researchers in Britain have successfully treated six patients suffering from the blood-clotting disease known as hemophilia B by injecting them with the correct form of a defective gene, a landmark achievement in gene therapy.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2011/12/11/MNE31MAVTD.DTL
This has been a long time coming. Thank you for posting this
article.
Hopefully, in the near future they will do the same for Hemophiliia A.
My son and brother had Hemophlia A.
My son was in phase one and two of the gene therapy trial years ago.
Eureka is right this can open many doors for other diseases as well.
article.
Hopefully, in the near future they will do the same for Hemophiliia A.
My son and brother had Hemophlia A.
My son was in phase one and two of the gene therapy trial years ago.
Eureka is right this can open many doors for other diseases as well.
If this therapy can be successfully repeated and targeted for other conditions, "landmark" achievement would be a profound understatement! How absolutely thrilling and exciting... opens the potential for treating all kinds of diseases that previously were thought incurable. Thanks for sharing this tremendous news.
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