How do mutations happen, and how do they influence the future of a species? Molecules of sickle-cell hemoglobin stick to one another, forming rigid rods. These rods cause a person's red blood ...

Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia, present with a wide variety ... is the substitution of valine for glutamic acid at the sixth position of the β globin chain (Glu6Val).

The technology operates on a model that draws insights from sequences of amino acids and nucleic ... for hereditary disorders like sickle cell anemia and certain forms of blindness.

This month, 21-year-old Sebastien Beauzile became the first man in New York history to be cured of sickle cell anemia, a genetic blood disorder, thanks to a new form of gene therapy. “ ...