This story is the first in an occasional series following Louisiana’s first patients to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease. On the third floor of Manning Family Children’s Hospital in New ...

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, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Sickle cell anemia disproportionately affects Black people, causing severe pain, potential organ damage and in some cases, death. Many times, only blood transfusions can provide ...

CRISPR gene therapy Casgevy can nearly eliminate sickle cell crises, but difficult stem‑cell collection is delaying access ...

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, ...

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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Groundbreaking advancements in Sickle Cell treatment are changing and saving lives nationwide. For decades, patients with Sickle Cell Disease have lived with pain, complications ...

As Uganda rolls out mandatory nationwide screening of newborns for sickle cell disease this month, a gene therapy celebrated ...

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