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May 16

Gene Therapy to Hemophiliacs

As published in El Informador ,some researchers used gene therapy to successfully treat patients with severe hemophilia, a disorder in which blood does not clot. The study was preliminary and involved only six patients, while other promising previous attempts to use gene therapy against hemophilia finally failed. However,a single infusion with the new treatment worked in some patients for more than one year, increasing its ability to clot significantly. “I think this is a great advance in the field. It’s a good lesson in terms …

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