After a long struggle, and with the help of Frank Vella, a biochemist from Singapore University, we found that this child had thalassemia, an inherited blood disease that was thought at the time ...

Advances in genetic and molecular screening have improved our understanding of genotype-phenotype correlations in thalassemia. Techniques such as next-generation sequencing (NGS) enable the ...

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will develop a strategic plan and blueprint for addressing thalassemia in the United States. In conducting its work ...