Source: Virginia Commonwealth University
Date: August 6, 2007
Summary:
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers studying hemoglobin genes, mutations of which play a role in genetic blood disorders like sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia, have identified two proteins that are responsible for regulating overlapping groups of genes during the development of red blood cells. The findings may point researchers to future gene therapies for patients with sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia.
