The therapy would be for haemophilia B, which affects around 15 per cent of haemophiliacs.
From the newscientist.com
This news comes after researchers conducted a small trial that tested genetic engineering as a treatment for haemophilia B in mice.
From the haringeyindependent.co.uk
The version of the gene they carried included a mutation that stops factor IX from being produced, leading to haemophilia B.
From the haringeyindependent.co.uk
In 1947, Pavlosky, a doctor from Buenos Aires, found haemophilia A and haemophilia B to be separate diseases by doing a lab test.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In humans, haemophilia B is caused by a genetic fault that interferes with the production of a protein that normally aids blood clotting.
From the haringeyindependent.co.uk
On 10 December 2011, a team of British and American investigators reported the successful treatment of haemophilia B using gene therapy.
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Spontaneous mutations account for about 33% of all cases of haemophilia A. About 30% of cases of haemophilia B are the result of a spontaneous gene mutation.
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One of Victoria's children, her youngest son, Leopold, was affected by the blood-clotting disease haemophilia B and two of her five daughters, Alice and Beatrice, were carriers.
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Harrington B. Primary care of patients with haemophilia.
From the nature.com
The haemophilia patient had antibodies to hepatitis B. This led Blumberg to develop an antibody test for hepatitis that could be used by blood banks.