Gene Therapy Offers Hope to Some Hemophilia Patients

Gene Therapy Offers Hope to Some Hemophilia Patients
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Preliminary research suggests that a single dose of an experimental gene therapy may help patients with hemophilia B.

As explained by the National Hemophilia Foundation, hemophilia B is a genetic disorder where people lack a protein needed for blood clotting called factor IX, or the type of factor IX they produce is defective.

 



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