Tag: "thalassemia"
With Italian doctors’ help, Vietnam achieves first successful marrow transplant from mother to child with thalassemia
Vietnam News 15:45 09/09/2025In a historic medical breakthrough, doctors at Hue Central Hospital in central Vietnam have successfully performed the country’s first allogeneic bone marrow transplant for a child with thalassemia using stem cells from the child’s biological mother, despite an incompatibility in blood types.
Over 12 million Vietnamese carry gene for thalassemia: hematology institute
Vietnam News 12:11 14/05/2025More than 12 million people in Vietnam carry the gene for thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, including over 20,000 with severe forms of the disease who require lifelong treatment, according to the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.
