Community Pulse

Community Pulse

In-depth profiles and stories about people in the bleeding disorders community.

 

Gene therapy aims to address the root cause of hemophilia B and help people produce stable and protective levels of...
What exactly is a gene? What happens when genes mutate? And can gene therapy research help solve problems related to...
Ronia Cole, 52, of Redford Township, Michigan, has lived with a bleeding disorder since she was a toddler. “I’d take...
I was diagnosed with severe hemophilia B at birth. I’m the first person in my family to have a bleeding...
Amy Dunn, MD, says a patient she diagnosed with hemophilia during her first year of residency changed the course of...
Ask a Social Worker is a monthly column featuring questions from the community and answers from members of NHF’s Social...
Over 10,000 individuals worldwide have been treated with various gene therapy products. Gene therapy is a medical treatment that uses...
When Joseph Burke wakes up in the morning, his first question isn’t how he is going to feel today, it’s...
Having a rare disease like hemophilia means you don’t often get to see people who share your disease portrayed in...
Randall Curtis, 66, survived life-threatening bleeds in the years before scientists discovered how to make clotting factor for home infusion.
Although my great-grandmother lost four sons to post-circumcision bleeding and my grandmother lost nine sons the same way, I’d never...
For organizations such as the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF), fundraising is a way to raise awareness and much-needed funds for...
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