Recent advances in globin gene transfer for the treatment of beta-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The beta-thalassemias and sickle cell anemia are severe congenital anemias for which there is presently no curative therapy other than allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This therapeutic option, however, is not available to most patients due to the lack of an HLA-matched bone marrow donor. The transfer of a regulated globin gene in autologous hematopoietic stem cells is...

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