Selective silencing of α-globin by the histone demethylase inhibitor IOX1: a potentially new pathway for treatment of β-thalassemia

Thalassemia is the world’s most common form of inherited anemia, and in economically undeveloped countries still accounts for tens of thousands of premature deaths every year.[1][1] The accumulation of free excess α-globin chains in red blood cells and their precursors, as a result of the