In the UK, approximately 17,500 people have sickle cell disease and 300 babies are born with the condition each year. It is a genetic disorder caused by inherited mutations in a person's DNA that ...

Despite reports of a sickle cell patient being cured by gene therapy, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye explains why she remains skeptical.

The Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection Program has been tracking information from the estimated 4,000 Michigan residents who suffer from sickle cell since 2020, but Trump administration cuts have ...

CRISPR Therapeutics, whose CEO is Samarth Kulkarni, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals earned the first U.S. Food and Drug ...

Vertex Pharma's £1.65 million ($2.05 million) gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD), Casgevy, has been given the green light for use by the NHS in England under a managed access ...

David Liu couldn’t sleep after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the first clinical trial based on his research.

Kennedy Jr. said 35 states have agreed to participate in a federal pilot program aimed at helping Medicaid patients access costly gene therapies for sickle cell disease. The states represent about ...

A Bahrain study shows CT scans to check for blood clots in lung blood vessels increased significantly in people with sickle ...

The quality of life of patients with sickle cell anemia is severely compromised similar to or even worse than patients with other chronic diseases such as arthritis. Patients who responded to ...

Bhopal: Governor Mangubhai Patel inaugurated the genetic analysis laboratory and DNA sequencer machine at BMHRC's sickle cell anaemia competence centre. He also launched a seminar titled "Genetic ...

(KOLN) - Groundbreaking advancements in Sickle Cell treatment are changing and saving ... hoping to bring a different therapy that uses a DNA-editing bacteria technology called CRISPR.

Hydroxyurea remains effective long-term in reducing emergency department visits and hospital days for children living with sickle cell disease ... improving anemia, and reducing the risk of ...