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Gdf -11 a new target to improve anemia in thalassemia.

 

β-thalassemias are characterized by ineffective red blood cell (RBC) production, leading to anemia, iron overload, and organ failure. As current treatment options for β-thalassemia are limited, there is a clear unmet need for alternative therapies.

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Connecting experts on inherited anemias and iron defects in Budapest

October 12-14, 2023 – Budapest, Hungary 

Meeting Chairs: 
Ali Taher, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon 

Achille Iolascon, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy 

In October 2023 EHA and the Specialized Working Group (SWG) on Red Cell and Iron hosted a…

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EHA Guidelines on Recommendations for Pregnancy in Rare Inherited Anemias

EHA and the Scientific Working Group on Red Cells and Iron organized the first online workshop on the EHA Guidelines: “Recommendations for Pregnancy in Rare Inherited Anemias”.

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Evaluation of 243 patients with deletion 17p chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with ibrutinib: a cross-study analysis of treatment outcomes

Evaluation of 243 patients with deletion 17p chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with ibrutinib: a cross-study analysis of treatment outcomes

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with the deletion of chromosome 17p (del17p) has been linked to aggressive disease and patient survival of only…

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Expert opinions for COVID-19 vaccination in patients with non-malignant hematologic diseases

Carlo Dufour, Helen Papadaki, Alan Warren, Colm Bradley, Cristina Mecucci, Jan Palmblad, Cornelia Zeidler, Francesca Fioredda, Sam Salek, Brigitte  Schlegelberger and Daniela Guardo, on behalf of the EHA SWG on Granulocytes and Constitutional Marrow Failure Disorders; Carlo L.

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Tackling Sickle Cell Disease: the need for a European approach

Elvie Ingoli, president of the German association of SCD and thalassemia patients, at the 7th EAPM Presidency Conference in Brussels. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is relatively new to many parts of Europe.

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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: impressive results with the monoclonal antibody blinatumomab

The Phase 2 dose-ranging study MT103-206 evaluated the efficacy, safety and tolerability of blinatumomab in adult patients with B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia who had relapsed following treatment with standard front-line chemotherapy or allogeneic stem cell transplant.

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Parliament puts final stamp on the European Health Data Space

On April 24, the European Parliament gave its final endorsement to the regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The legislation was proposed in May 2022, and constitutes an important pillar of the (developing) European Health Union.

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A well-attended second meeting from the European Hematology Association (EHA) and the EHA Scientific Working Group on Red Cell and Iron

For the second time the European Hematology Association (EHA) and the EHA Scientific Working Group on Red Cell and Iron joined in the organization of the meeting focused on Red Cell and Iron Metabolism Defects: From basic science to clinical…

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