Reading Time: < 1 minute A 12-year-old boy is the first commercial patient in the world to receive an FDA-approved gene therapy for sickle cell disease, The New…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Four thousand people diagnosed with sickle cell disease in England may now access “life-changing” treatment following its approval for NHS use. Read…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Well before intermittent fasting became a fad those of us living with sickle cell knew about the importance of drinking water. Read…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Children with sickle cell anemia are vulnerable to serious infections and stroke, but many do not receive the preventative care that could…
Reading Time: < 1 minute As if starting life with a potentially disabling genetic blood disease wasn’t enough, a study shows that almost two-thirds of babies born…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sickle cell, a genetic blood disease that affects red blood cells, has caused grief in the medical fratenity as their colleagues, who…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gautam Dongre’s two children in India and Pascazia Mazeze’s son in Tanzania live with an inherited blood disorder that turns blood cells into instruments of…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Regulators on Friday approved two new gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder…