Genetic analysis for carrier diagnosis in hemophilia A and B in the Mexican population: 25 years of experience.

Our 25 years of experience in carrier diagnosis of hemophilia A (HA) and B (HB) in Mexican population comprises linkage analysis of intragenic F8/F9 neutral variants along with, in severe HA (SHA), detection of F8 int22h and int1h inversions. In symptomatic carriers (SCs) we explored Lyonization to explain their symtomatology. From a DNA-Bank of 3,000 samples, intragenic restriction fragment length (RFLPs) and short tandem repeats (STRs) of F8/F9 genes were assessed by PCR-PAGE and GeneScan.

[The skin as a vehicle for gene therapy: hemophilia B, an application model].

Artificial skin offers important advantages in gene therapy tor its biosafety and simple monitoring. An easy access of keratinocytes through small biopsies and their in vitro expansion enriched with epithelial stem cells, make them an ideal target for long-term therapeutic transgene expression. Corrective cutaneous gene therapy has been recently applied in clinical trials on dermatological genetic diseases.