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Most people with severe anemia from thalassemia require red blood cell transfusions every two to three weeks.
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Cesar was diagnosed at birth with thalassemia, a blood disease.
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The new study involved base editing experiments in cells from beta-thalassemia patients and human embryos. Cloned human embryos were generated in a lab using a technique called nuclear transfer.
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Beta thalassemia is a fairly common blood disorder worldwide, occurring most frequently in people from Mediterranean countries, North Africa, the Middle East, India, Central Asia and Southeast Asia.
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The first published work involving human embryos, reported in 2015, was done in China and targeted a gene that leads to the blood disorder beta thalassemia.
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Alpha thalassemia occurs most often in people from Southeast Asia, China, the Middle East and Africa, according to the NLM.
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Without access to blood, thalassemia patients can experience critical anemia or even death.
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The strongest risk factors are liver disease, cancer, diabetes, HIV and thalassemia, a rare blood disorder.
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