jan 7, 1963 - FIRST TREATMENT in the early 60's they found a treatment that could prolong the life of people who suffered from thalassaemia. the first real treatment that worked was to do monthly blood transfusions, this helped by replacing all of the patients defe- cted red blood cells with new ones. This gave people another few years and most people with thalassaemia lived to their teen years
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jan 7, 1963
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~ 62 years ago