Some of these predictions might be redundant, such as for the disease ALPHA-THALASSEMIA (OMIM: 604131), the gene HBB, which is short for HEMOGLOBIN--BETA LOCUS, is obviously a cause of another type of thalassemia called BETA-THALASSEMIA (OMIM: 613985) but not ALPHA-THALASSEMIA [46]. This evidence concerns the gene HBB and thalassemia.