21018 Pharmaceutical “Global Thalassemia” Market: Industry Analysis & Outlook (2017-2021)
Press Release - 09 April 2018 Global Research and Development News -- . . Report Description- ' ' Thalassemia is a blood disorder that causes abnormal production of hemoglobin in an affected person. It is a genetic disorder inherited from parents. Hemoglobin carries oxygen in the blood and is produced by two proteins called alpha globin and beta globin. A person inherits four genes to produce alpha globin protein and two genes to produce alpha globin protein from parents. Thalassemia is caused by any abnormality or mutation in one or more genes responsible for hemoglobin production. When a person inherits only one affected gene from parents then the person becomes a carrier of thalassemia. Since, thalassemia is an inherited disorder; one of the parents must be a carrier for thalassemia. When both the parents are carriers then the risk of giving birth to a thalassemia affected child is qui...