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In a government-funded study of adult sickle cell patients co-authored by Bonds, those who used hydroxyurea capsules at least periodically for nine years were 40 percent less likely to die dur ing the study than those who never used the drug. “Now there is new hope for these patients, who typically die 10 to 15 years earlier than patients with milder cases,” said Dr. Claude Lenfant, the institute director. The study appears in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. It covered 299 patients, but complete data was only recorded for 233 of them. Complete data were available for 233 of the 299 participants. Sickle cell anemia, an inherited blood disorder, affects about 72,000 Americans, mostly blacks. Patients have defective hemoglobin, oxygen-car rying blood protein, which causes deformed red blood cells that can clog vessels. This deprives organs and tissues of adequate blood supply, caus ing severe pain. There were 13 deaths among the 36 patients who never took hydroxyurea, compared with 21 deaths among the 106 patients who took the drug throughout the nine-year period. The 40 percent difference was calculated using an average of death rates for every three-month period in the study, Bonds said. Follow-up research shows the benefits extend to prolonging life in moderately to severely affect ed patients, who make up some 30 percent of sick le cell patients, said Dr. Martin Steinberg of Boston University, the lead researcher. 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