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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Atkinson

Haemophilia B ‘cured’ by ‘miraculous’ treatment in major breakthrough

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A new treatment is able to effectively cure people with the rare clotting disorder haemophilia B, according to doctors, in a major breakthrough.

The therapy - described by one patient as “transformational” - corrects a rare genetic mutation that causes severe bleeding that can last for long periods, either spontaneously or as a result of an injury.

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