There are three main types of beta thalassemia: minor, intermedia, and major. Mutations (variants) in the HBB gene (the gene ...

For alpha thalassemia, the more gene mutations you got from your parents, the more serious your condition is. For beta thalassemia, the part of the hemoglobin molecule that's affected determines ...

Medically reviewed by Gagandeep Brar, MDBeta thalassemia minor—also known as beta thalassemia trait or B thalassemia—is a ...

The first medical treatment to use Crispr gene editing has been on the market for a year. Its complexity means few patients ...

A family of Albanian descent had an unusual form of beta thalassemia. The father of two children with mild thalassemia major had normal red-cell morphology and normal levels of hemoglobins A 2 and ...

Beta thalassemia is caused by mutations in the same gene that lead to abnormally low production of hemoglobin, rather than ...

How do mutations happen, and how do they influence ... often resulting in a frameshift One form of beta-thalassemia Deletion One or more nucleotides is "skipped" during replication or otherwise ...

They altered lab-made embryos to remove the disease beta-thalassemia ... human genetic variants associated with disease are point mutations. "So base editing has the potential to directly correct ...

Stanley's battle began at just eight months old when he was diagnosed with beta-thalassemia major, the most severe form of the disease. His bone marrow could not produce sufficient red blood cells ...