Advances in Gene Therapy for Hemophilia

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Gene therapy provides hope for a cure for patients with hemophilia by establishing continuous endogenous expression of factor VIII or factor IX following transfer of a functional gene copy to replace the hemophilic patient's own defective gene. Hemophilia may be considered a "low-hanging fruit" for gene therapy because a small increment in blood factor levels (≥2% of normal) significantly improves the bleeding...

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