A : No blood center, including the American Red Cross, performs tests for inherited blood disorders such as thalassemia major and thalassemia minor, according to Red Cross spokeswoman Karen Eisele.
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Monthly blood transfusions can keep thalassemia major victims alive longer but most eventually die from heart failure by the time they are 15 or 20, so transplants are their only chance for a long life.
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Monthly blood transfusions can keep thalassemia major victims alive longer but most eventually die from heart failure by the time they are 15 or 20 so transplants are their only chance for a long life.
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DFP was also found to be significantly more effective than deferoxamine in treating myocardial siderosis in patients with thalassemia major : DFP is thought to improve the function of mitochondria in the heart by accessing and redistributing labile iron in cardiac cells.
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The use of blood stem cells has emerged as a potentially curative option for the treatment of several diseases, including blood cancers ( such as leukemia and lymphoma ), and severe anaemia ( such as myelodysplastic syndrome, thalassemia major and severe aplastic anaemia ).
