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E1b1a haplogroup and Sickle Cell disease
Some time back we had talked about how Gene Therapy, which is essentially a way of throwing out defective genes from one’s body and replacing them with normal ones, was instrumental in curing Sickle Cell Anemia. Sickle Cell Anemia is basically a disorder wherein the blood cell which should essentially be round like Oreos morph […]
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Sickle cell anemia one more genetic disease cured by gene therapy
Before the gene therapy, Sickle cell Anemia didn’t have any possible cure and the only respite for those afflicted was a blood transfusion. The therapy is most effective when done on affected kids or infants as the older one grows more complications and greater organ damage ensures. Few days back we had pointed out how […]
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Genetic Disorders – Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a disease that affects 30 thousand people just in the United States. Around the world, it is more than double of this number. It sounds like a big number, but despite what you might think, the disease is unknown by general people. On this article, we will show you the basics about […]
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