Guangxi's fight against thalassemia offers new hope to patients worldwide

Xinhua

11th July 2025

Guangxi's fight against thalassemia offers new hope to patients worldwide

For seven-year-old Nina from Laos, a diagnosis of thalassemia major cast a long shadow over her and her family.

This blood disorder, which impairs a person's ability to produce functional hemoglobin -- the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body -- meant a future tethered to monthly transfusions and rigorous iron-chelation therapy to cope with toxic iron buildup in her bloodstream.

Without potent medical intervention, iron overload could wreak havoc on her organs, leading to heart failure and an early death.

Desperate for a cure, Nina's family turned to the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2023, drawn by its excellent track record for tackling this debilitating disease.

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