ViennaLab offers a reliable and convenient reverse-hybridization assay, capable of analyzing common haemoglobin single and double gene deletions, small deletions, point mutations and gene triplication simultaneously by a single approach.

• Thalassemias belong to the most frequent hereditary diseases posing a major public health problem.
• They are especially frequent in Mediterranean countries, Africa, the Middle East, South-East Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
• Due to demographic changes during the last decades their incidence has increased worldwide.
• Up-to-date, no ultimate cure apart from bone marrow transplantation is available.
• Therefore, Health Authorities focus on screening programs.