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Abu Dhabi Gene Therapy frees father from decades of Thalassaemia struggles

Abu Dhabi: For most of his adult life, Fahad, a 43-year-old, could count the weeks to his next blood transfusion. Now, after gene therapy in Abu Dhabi, he has stopped counting. Living with Thalassaemia, an inherited blood disorder, was never easy for him, but that was the only life he ever knew. “Since childhood, my life revolved around blood transfusions, medications, and hospital visits,” he…

Abu Dhabi Gene Therapy frees father from decades of Thalassaemia struggles

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