Capsule for severe bleeding disorder moves closer to reality

Posted by on December 23, 2016 3:22 pm
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Researchers are working to develop a pill to treat this serious inherited bleeding disorder. Oral delivery of the treatment–clotting factor IX–would allow individuals with type B hemophilia to swallow a pill rather than be subjected to several weekly injections of factor IX to control potentially fatal bleeding episodes.

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