Understanding of inherited conditions such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and haemophilia will also be greatly improved. |
In those days, people used to think I could cure them of laryngitis, leprosy or haemophilia just by touching them with my horn. |
For that reason society offers testing for Down's syndrome, haemophilia, cystic fibrosis, and a range of other genetic conditions. |
Factor IX is used for treating sufferers of Christmas disease, which is a rarer and more serious form of haemophilia. |
Polly secretes a human blood-clotting protein in her milk, useful for treating haemophilia. |
In mild haemophilia, bleeding occurs only after moderately severe injury or after surgery. |