When our oldest son, Julian, was about 6 years old, the hemophilia treatment center (HTC) in Houston invited my wife, Cazandra, and me to participate in a program that changed our lives. It was called Parents Empowering Parents, better known as PEP in the bleeding disorders community. Created by social…
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I meet a friend at noon at my home in rural northern California. We hop into my car and drive two hours north to Brookings, a coastal town just across the border in Oregon. Driving around town, I search for a quiet parking lot with good phone reception. Using a…
Metagenomi is now working on preclinical studies to advance MGX-001, its experimental gene-editing therapy for hemophilia A, with the goal of bringing the treatment candidate into clinical trials in 2026. As part of a corporate update also noting 2024 progress, Metagenomi announced that, this year, it will be…
My husband, Jared, often spent his childhood navigating two very different worlds. In one, he was a regular kid with big dreams and boundless imagination. In the other, he was a young boy living with severe hemophilia B, which meant being confined to hospital beds for weeks while receiving…
I don’t recall when I met Debbie Murray, but I remember the impression she left on me. Her frustration with the long and challenging journey to a proper diagnosis and effective treatment of her hemophilia was unmistakable. Debbie, 56, resides in Norwood, a village in the northernmost part of…
Becoming educated and informed about hemophilia is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnists’ words of wisdom to help you along on your hemophilia journey.
There is no cure for hemophilia yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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