Why cant hemophilia be cured for?

Answer 1

Currently there is no cure for sickle cell anemia. However, the condition is manageable through medication, self monitoring and blood transfusions.

Because sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease, the only way to cure it is to fix the genetic template of the hematopoietic cells. This can be done either by completing sterilizing the bone marrow and repopulating it with healthy red blood cell precursors or by using gene therapy to introduce a healthy gene into the precursor cells.

Answer 2

This answer depends on your definition of cured.

If cured means that you can no longer pass the genetics on to your offspring, the answer is that the condition is genetic and thus without reprogramming the DNA itself, there is no cure.

If cured means that an individual starts producing the missing protein and thus no longer has bleeding issues, then hemophilia can be cured. It is just too risky to do for all cases. If an individual with hemophilia has a liver transplant, the will produce normal levels of the clotting proteins needed to clot. This is because the new liver would have the correct genetics and the liver is responsible for producing much of the clotting factor proteins.

Answer 3

No, there is no cure. Patients with sickle cell disease need continuous treatment, even when they are not having a painful crisis. Supplementation with folic acid , an essential element in producing red blood cells, is required because of the rapid red blood cell turnover. Under a microscope many of the RBCs will appear like a C.