For instance, deficiency of Factor VIII causes classic Hemophilia A while deficiencies of Factor IX cause " Christmas disease " ( hemophilia B ).
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Researchers believe hemophilia B is suitable for gene therapy because the factor IX gene is small and a healthy copy can be easily substituted.
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DNA testing on the remains of the royal family proved conclusively in 2009 that Alexei suffered from Hemophilia B, a rarer form of the disease.
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The blood-clotting treatment, known as Benefix, for hemophilia B, was recommended for approval last week by an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration.
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Only about one-fifth of all hemophiliacs suffer from Hemophilia B, which means about 3, 000 people in the U . S ., the company said.
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Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Stanford University cautioned that their success in treating hemophilia B, a relatively rare form of the illness, was preliminary.
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Although the potential market for hemophilia B remedies is relatively small, just $ 350 million a year, Bayer is buying into the cutting edge of biotechnology.
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If all goes according to plan, that waiting will certainly be worthwhile for the roughly 8, 000 people in the developed world who suffer from hemophilia B.
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Cohen said protein injections to curb hemophilia A represent a market of $ 1.6 billion in the United States, more than four times the market for hemophilia B.
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In the hemophilia B trial, the vector carries the correct version of the human gene for Factor IX, one of the many proteins involved in making blood clot.
