It was as startling as it was ordinary: The little girl had sicklecellanaemia.
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Genomics is often associated with the detection of single gene disorders, such as thalassemia and sicklecellanaemia.
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The latter TNE is an alternative strategy to ameliorate the clinical manifestations of sicklecellanaemia by re-activating fetal haemoglobin gene expression in adult erythrocytes.
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Sicklecellanaemia as a health issue, which disproportionately affects people of African and Caribbean heritage, is also addressed in the book.