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

In what she called a shock, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye learned some parents give birth to children with sickle cell. Then ...

Exome sequencing (ES) is commonly used to diagnose Mendelian disorders, which occur when pathogenic variant(s) in a gene are ...

Crispr Therapeutics is an emerging gene editing company focused on the development of Crispr/Cas9-based therapeutics. The company's proprietary platform specializes in clustered regularly interspaced ...

GREENE COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Cell phone extractions and DNA tests: this is what an FBI Safe Streets Task Force investigator says took Drexler Johnson’s charges from accessory after the fact to ...

Sickle cell disease experts are worried that recent staffing changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will impact a program that collects data about the genetic disease and how it ...

Limited awareness about the need to know one’s sickle cell genotype is affecting mass screening for the disease. Sickle cell disease is a congenital blood disorder that presents with the production of ...

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 ...

Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the presence of sickle-shaped red blood cells, which can block blood flow, cause chronic pain, and lead to a host of physical ...

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 ...

including the availability of medicines for sickle cell anaemia, in these mobile units, especially in special tribal regions inhabited by Baiga, Bharia, and Sahariya communities. The Governor ...

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 ...