How to Use hemophilia in a Sentence

hemophilia

noun
Definition of hemophilianext
  • Because of my hemophilia, I’ve been prepared to face death all of my life.
    — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 15 July 2019
  • The young Ailes suffered from hemophilia and was often picked on and beaten by bullies.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 18 May 2017
  • The young Mr. Ailes suffered from hemophilia and was often picked on and beaten by bullies.
    — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 18 May 2017
  • The cause of death has not been officially confirmed but TMZ is reporting Ailes, who had hemophilia, fell at his home eight days ago and hit his head.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 18 May 2017
  • Success with hemophilia would complete UniQure’s turnaround from just 12 months ago, when its shares languished near an all-time low.
    — Bloomberg.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • For example, what if one of the gene therapies being developed could cure the hemophilia of that young Iowan?
    — Kate Bachelder Odell, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2018
  • Empress Alexandra’s next child was indeed a son, but one with hemophilia, which in the early 20th century meant the child was not likely to live to adulthood.
    — Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2017
  • It is designed for hemophilia patients to make the protein missing for blood-clotting.
    — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2020
  • In real life the main characters, apart from Ailes, who died from hemophilia complications in 2017, are still very much alive.
    — Sophie Elmhirst, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The eight-year-old boy battles hemophilia, a rare condition where your blood can’t clot properly.
    — Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Gottlieb said that hemophilia is the first disease the FDA will target with its new policy, but did not specify why.
    — Ike Swetlitz, STAT, 22 May 2018
  • Mulligan worked in a textile mill as a teenager in Greenville, South Carolina, before the war, and lied about his health to get into the Marines, hiding his hemophilia.
    — Author: Dave Philipps, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Generally speaking, the price of hemophilia drugs rise as rival drugs hit the market.
    — Barbara Feder Ostrov, latimes.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The 8-year-old boy battles hemophilia, a rare condition where a person’s blood can’t clot properly.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, PEOPLE.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Alexei, the heir to the Russian throne, was born with hemophilia (a disorder in which the blood does not clot normally), and Alexandra believed that mystic Rasputin possessed the ability to heal him.
    — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2019
  • People who have 5% to 30% of the normal amount of clotting factors in their blood typically are considered to have mild hemophilia.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 22 July 2022
  • That level is classified as a very mild hemophilia and doesn't require treatment.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Kuhn, who has hemophilia and developed hepatitis C and HIV during a blood transfusion in the early 1980s, was struggling to pay for his own insurance at the time.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Drugs derived from plasma are used for treating ailments such as hemophilia and are showing promise in slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s.
    — Emma Vickers, Bloomberg.com, 13 May 2020
  • Dawn’s daughter Ellie Bottey recently got married and is a carrier of the hemophilia gene.
    — Ryan Gillespie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Some hemophilia gene therapies could sell for more than $1 million per patient, according to Chardan’s Amusa.
    — Bloomberg.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Born in Warren, Ohio, Ailes was afflicted with hemophilia.
    — Frazier Moore, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2017
  • In the hemophilia treatment, AAV infects liver cells and turns the organ into a factory for making the clotting protein that patients depend on.
    — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Researchers are exploring ways to use gene editing to treat a range of diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and sickle cell disease.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 29 June 2018
  • The company also wrote down the value of hemophilia treatment Eloctate by €1.2 billion.
    — Denise Roland, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Treatment involves transfusion of these proteins into a patient's blood from donors, such as a protein known as factor 8 for treatment of hemophilia A.
    — Hilary Clarke, CNN, 11 July 2017
  • Among the diseases the company had targeted is hemophilia.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Nationwide, a third of adults and children living with hemophilia are covered by Medicaid.
    — Barbara Feder Ostrov, latimes.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Last week, Sanofi agreed to buy U.S. hemophilia specialist Bioverativ for $11.6 billion, its biggest deal for seven years and a major play to strengthen its presence in treatments for rare diseases.
    — Reuters, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2018
  • While contending with the effects of hemophilia, Mr. Massie’s eldest son grew up to be an Episcopal priest, author, activist and Democratic politician.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019

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