Haploidentical donors The haploidentical donors are those donors whose (Human leukocyte antigen) HLA matches with the patient. HLA is a protein that is found on all cells of our body. This protein in our immune system tells the difference between our own cells and foreign cells. The closer the HLA match between a donor and …
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The ultimate cure for Thalassemia is getting bone marrow transplant done. A bone marrow transplant is a medical procedure performed to replace bone marrow that has been damaged or destroyed by disease, infection, or chemotherapy. This procedure involves transplanting blood stem cells, which travel to the bone marrow where they produce new blood cells and …
Gene Therapy for Thalassemia Patients What is it? Gene therapy is a technique which will be used in future to treat and also prevent thalassemia. The gene which gives rise to this disease will be replaced by the healthy genes so that it helps to fight the diseases. Diseases which are inherited, few cancers and …
Policies on Thalassemia across the world. India is the Thalassemia capital of the world with 40 million carriers and over 1, 00,000 patients. But still there is no prevention and control programme at the national level. NGO’s and other private sector have taken the initiative to provide better health care. The National Policy on Thalassemia …
As we already know what Thalassemia patients go through, it was very important to give rights and benefits to them in order to support these patients. After years of activism, a law was passed where Thalassemia was included under the person with disability act. Now as you already know, Thalassemia is a lifelong disease and …
Wheat Grass Therapy – A health drink for Thalassemia Patients Wheat grass Therapy is one of the most powerful natural therapies for patients suffering from blood related disorders like Thalassemia and for everyone else as well. What is Wheat grass? Wheat grass is the young grass of our common wheat plant. This is either …