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How might the administration of 5-azacytidine be an effective treatment for β-thalassemia and would you consider adverse side-effects likely?
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The beta-thalassemia or β-thalassemia is a rare type of anemia or blood disorder in humans. The production of hemoglobin is reduced by β-thalassemia disorder. Hemoglobin is an important factor that carries oxygen in the red blood cells that supply oxygen to all the parts of the body. The patients who suffer from β-thalassemia suffer from lack of oxygen to all the parts of the body.
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