Sir David Weatherall obituary

Physician, scientist and medical researcher who focused on thalassaemia, a group of inherited blood conditions

The physician, scientist and teacher David Weatherall, who has died aged 85, discovered most of what we know about thalassaemia, a group of inherited blood conditions that affect 1-2% of the world's population.

Thanks to genetic techniques developed by Weatherall, the incidence has been reduced in many countries.

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