beta-thalassemia
noun
be·ta-thal·as·se·mia
ˈbā-tə-ˌtha-lə-ˈsē-mē-ə 
: thalassemia in which the longer hemoglobin chain is affected and which comprises Cooley's anemia in the homozygous condition and thalassemia minor in the heterozygous condition
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His technologies have already been distributed in labs globally, resulting in thousands of advances in research, biomedicine, and agriculture, and have already shown life-saving results in treatment of T-cell leukemia, sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia, and high cholesterol.
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Ashley Lan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
And 39 out of 42 beta-thalassemia patients no longer needed blood or bone marrow transplants—the standard treatment for this disease—for one year after the exa-cel intervention.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2023
One of them, which treats a blood disorder called beta-thalassemia, costs $2.8 million.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 10 July 2023
All eyes right now are on exa-cel, a gene-editing therapy that awaits regulatory approvals for use in two conditions — sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.
—The Motley Fool, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
Other licensed gene therapies, like Novartis’s Zolgensma for spinal muscular dystrophy and Bluebird bio’s Zynteglo for beta-thalassemia, cost $2.1 million and $2.8 million, respectively.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 Mar. 2023
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Ashley Lan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
And 39 out of 42 beta-thalassemia patients no longer needed blood or bone marrow transplants—the standard treatment for this disease—for one year after the exa-cel intervention.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2023
One of them, which treats a blood disorder called beta-thalassemia, costs $2.8 million.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 10 July 2023
All eyes right now are on exa-cel, a gene-editing therapy that awaits regulatory approvals for use in two conditions — sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.
—The Motley Fool, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
Other licensed gene therapies, like Novartis’s Zolgensma for spinal muscular dystrophy and Bluebird bio’s Zynteglo for beta-thalassemia, cost $2.1 million and $2.8 million, respectively.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 Mar. 2023
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“Beta-thalassemia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beta-thalassemia. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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