Thai Doctors To Begin Beta-Thalassemia Treatment Trials In 2011
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Thai researchers expect to begin trials at home this year on gene-therapy technology they have been developing and testing successfully in Paris. The joint research is into a beta-thalassemia blood disorder treatment that has been successful in weaning a Frenchman off a lifetime of transfusions. The Thai researchers involved in the experiment using gene therapy are from Ramathibodi Hospital, which expects to begin a trial in December. An estimated 20 million Thais carry the disorder, now treated with bone-marrow transplants. Click here for more) "Medical Leap Gives Hope To Blood-Disorder Sufferers" - Bangkok Post (Thailand) (1/3/10)