When Al Harith Hameed Al Mansouri was just a few months old, his family received devastating news that would shape the next ...

Medical experts call for raising awareness about inherited blood disorders among children, propose blood checks at school ...

The hospital administration said that a base editing drug called CS-101 was used in the treatment of thalassemia major. The girl was successfully treated with a gene editing drug manufactured in China ...

Hyderabad: Experts have stressed the urgent need for awareness about inherited blood disorders among children, calling upon ...

India's ICMR-NIIH has launched the country's first national rare blood donor registry to help patients with uncommon blood ...

ICMR has created India’s first national rare blood donor registry to aid patients with uncommon blood types. Integrated with ...

The National Institute of Immunohaematology in Mumbai under the India Council of Medical Research has for the first time created a national ‘rare blood donor registry’ for patients with rare and ...

ICMR-NIIH launches India’s first rare blood donor registry to aid thalassemia, sickle cell patients. Portal to integrate with ...

World Thalassemia Day was observed on 8 May. India records between 10,000 and 15,000 new cases of Thalassemia Major every year, with national carrier rates estimated at 3 to 4 per cent, and as ...

Fact: If both parents are carriers, each pregnancy carries a 25% chance of thalassemia major, a 50% chance of thalassemia minor (carrier), and a 25% chance the child will be unaffected. If only one ...

If both parents are Thalassemia minor, like me, who didn’t know they had it since we don’t show symptoms, there’s a chance their child will be Thalassemia major.

Beta thalassemia major. This is a more severe form of thalassemia that’s also called Cooley’s anemia. It may lead to life-threatening anemia.