Doctors say new gene-based treatments could offer long-term relief — and possible cures — for people living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease has long shortened lives in the United States, ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Northwestern University identified a previously unknown treatment opportunity for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia. The discovery, ...

The first patient in Louisiana to receive genetically edited therapy for sickle cell disease went home this week after months in isolation at Manning Family Children's Hospital in New Orleans. Daniel ...

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Sickle cell disease is the scourge of a person’s red blood cells. The inherited blood disorder, which disproportionately affects people in sub-Saharan Africa and India, can cause unbearable pain ...

New results from a clinical trial show promising outcomes for a gene-edited treatment for severe sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder with few curative options. After research conducted as ...

A 23-year-old man has become the first patient in Louisiana to undergo a groundbreaking gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, marking a significant step forward in the fight against the ...

Medical history has been made in Louisiana. On Tuesday, the first person in the state to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease left the hospital after a six-week-long stay. The hope is that ...

Sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder, disproportionately affects Black individuals, with one in 365 Black babies born with it in the U.S. New, high-cost gene therapies offer potential cures ...

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