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CIRM awards Tippi MacKenzie, MD $12.1M to treat babies in the womb who have alpha thalassemia major

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Pediatric Surgeon Tippi MacKenzie, MD was awarded $12.1 million by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to treat babies in the womb suffering from alpha thalassemia major, a blood disorder that is only detected in the last few months of pregnancy and is almost uniformly fatal.

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