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  2. Haemophilia - Wikipedia

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    Haemophilia (British English), or hemophilia (American English) [6] (from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma) 'blood' and φιλία (philía) 'love of'), [7] is a mostly inherited genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability to make blood clots, a process needed to stop bleeding.

  3. History of public health in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of public health in the United states studies the US history of public health roles of the medical and nursing professions; scientific research; municipal sanitation; the agencies of local, state and federal governments; and private philanthropy. It looks at pandemics and epidemics and relevant responses with special attention to ...

  4. Contaminated haemophilia blood products - Wikipedia

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    Contaminated hemophilia blood products were a serious public health problem in the late 1970s up to 1985. Hemophilia A causes a deficiency in Factor VIII , a protein required for blood clotting. Factor VIII injections are a common treatment to prevent or stop bleeding in people with hemophilia A. [ 1 ]

  5. National Bleeding Disorders Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (NBDF) is a United States patient advocacy organization for the care and treatment of inheritable blood and bleeding disorders such as hemophilia and von Willebrand disease. Founded in 1948, NBDF, then known as the National Hemophilia Foundation, helps secure funding for treatment centers and develops ...

  6. Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale - Wikipedia

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    Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale is a documentary film about contaminated hemophilia blood products.The film was co-written by Marilyn Ness and Sheila Curran Bernard, produced and directed by Marilyn Ness, with cinematography by David Ford, editing by Marion Sears Hunter, and original music score by Joel Goodman and David Bramfitt.

  7. Timeline of the history of genetics - Wikipedia

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    1992: American and British scientists unveiled a technique for testing embryos in-vitro (Amniocentesis) for genetic abnormalities such as Cystic fibrosis and Hemophilia. 1993: Phillip Allen Sharp and Richard Roberts awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery that genes in DNA are made up of introns and exons.

  8. Pfizer's gene therapy cuts hemophilia A bleeding rate ... - AOL

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    Hemophilia A affects about 25 in every 100,000 male births worldwide, according to data cited by Pfizer, with majority of them having a moderate to severe form of the disease for which the gene ...

  9. Haemophilia B - Wikipedia

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    X chromosome. The factor IX gene is located on the X chromosome (Xq27.1-q27.2). It is an X-linked recessive trait, which explains why males are affected in greater numbers. [9] [10] A change in the F9 gene, which makes blood clotting factor IX (9), causes haemophilia B. [11]