Haemophilia is an inherited disorder where the blood does not clot properly. Only men are affected. Once a crippling or even fatal condition, the pharmaceutical industry has introduced preparations to control bleeding and allow many patients to lead near-normal lives.
Disease: Haemophilia
Last update: July 2009
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FAQ: What does the future hold?
One field of research is devoted to finding ways of producing Factor VIII and Factor IX from sources other than blood donations. Another is to use gene therapy to allow a person with haemophilia to produce their own clotting factors. Advances in this area are exciting because this would represent a cure for this disease.