Sickle cell disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and ...

Vijayawada: A mass awareness and free blood testing camp for thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia was successfully conducted ...

Five seemingly unconnected Black and ethnic minority Londoners discover they have superpowers in the hit Netflix series "Supacell". The link between them? They all suffer from sickle cell anaemia, a ...

Doctor recommends early thalassemia and sickle cell screening for pregnant women to assess child risk during pregnancy.

Major is one of the first pediatric patients in Florida to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease since the FDA ...

LOS ANGELES — Children with sickle cell anemia are vulnerable to serious infections and stroke, but many do not receive the preventive care that could help them stay healthier longer, according to a ...

Exa-cel, a new CRISPR-based treatment, modifies the genes of the patient's stem cells to induce them to produce fetal hemoglobin. I have a long-standing interest in sickle cell anemia, a genetic ...

Mary Thomson and her husband, Kanjala, have lost their income amid changing witchdoctors, but their firstborn’s suffering has not changed. Since 2011, Ethel, 15, was frequently bedridden with severe ...

Caden Major was born with sickle cell disease – an inherited blood disorder affecting red blood cells. Now at 19 years old, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's been more than a month since the FDA approved two milestone gene-editing treatments for sickle cell disease, but lining up patients for these therapies will be a challenge ...

The call was made during an awareness programme and free blood testing medical camp organised jointly by the Public Health ...

Researchers have revealed that hydroxyurea significantly reduces infections in children with sickle cell anemia. Their findings enhance strong evidence of hydroxyurea's effectiveness and could ...