B.thalassemia clinical treatment & timing prospect other than BMT&blood transfusion?

I know about following treatment
- blood transfusion(on routine base to live with disease,not for recovery from disease. result in iron excess in blood.

- desferal(Deferoxamine)(chelating)a painfull way to remove excess iron.

- bone marrow transplantation. for full recovery from disease but require doner and still there is risk of life

I want to know about:
- prospect of genetic engineering for curing b.thalassemia
- prospect of gene transfere methode for curing b.thalassemia
- any oral medical way to remove excss iron
- clinical result and timing when above treatment successfully will be used

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