HEALTH
Medical leap gives hope to blood disorder sufferers
Gene therapy for the blood disorder beta-thalassemia will be carried out in Thailand for the first time by the end of this year.
A team of doctors at Ramathibodi Hospital is studying the gene therapy technology alongside experts in Paris under a collaboration programme between the Mahidol University led by Prof Suthat Fucharoen and French-American researcher Philippe Leboulch of Harvard Medical School and the University of Paris.
The Thai doctors expect to return to Thailand to conduct a trial around December, said Dr Suradej Hongeng, of Ramathibodi Hospital's department of pediatrics.
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- Writer: Apiradee Treerutkuarkul
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