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New Hope for Sickle-Cell Anemia Sufferers
Published December 4, 2008, 1:26 pm, Scientific American
Inherited forms of anemia may soon be treated by turning on a gene normally active only in the womb. Researchers report today in Science that they have discovered the molecular switch for activating the fetal form of hemoglobin--the iron-containing protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen--which could help alleviate the symptoms of genetic blood disorders, including sickle-cell anemia, ...
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