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Thalassemia comes from the Greek, Thalassa (sea) and emia (blood). This disease was first discovered in the Mediterranean region, Mediterranean, by Doctor Cooley, thus also known as Cooley’s anemia or Mediterannean anemia. Thalassemia is a genetic disorder inherited from both parents. This disorder is not a reduction or formation of proteins needed to form grains of red blood cells (erythrocytes), so the age of erythrocytes becomes shorter and easily broken. Read the rest of this entry »