Beta thalassemia minor—also known as beta thalassemia trait or B thalassemia—is a blood disorder. It lowers your blood’s level of hemoglobin, an iron-containing protein in red blood cells ...

An essential factor in distinguishing thalassemia phenotypes is transfusion dependence. While beta-thalassemia major requires life-long blood transfusions for survival, non-transfusion-dependent ...

Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder in which the body makes an abnormal form of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The disorder results ...

It clogs blood vessels and causes severe pain. It can also cause problems such as organ and tissue damage. Sickle Beta Zero Thalassemia Disease is similar to sickle cell anemia. Your child's red blood ...

The FDA approved betibeglogene autotemcel (beti-cel; Zynteglo) for adult and pediatric patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia in August 2022, and exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel ...