Landmark sickle cell drug axed by regulators
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA drug approved to treat sickle cell disease has been axed by the government, sparking criticism from campaigners. Read More
Study: Two-thirds of babies with sickle cell disease are born to mothers living in disadvantaged areas
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs if starting life with a potentially disabling genetic blood disease wasn’t enough, a study shows that almost two-thirds of babies born…
Sickle cell cuts young doctors’ dreams short
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSickle cell, a genetic blood disease that affects red blood cells, has caused grief in the medical fratenity as their colleagues, who…
Promising new gene therapies for sickle cell are out of reach in countries where they're needed most
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGautam 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…
‘A lot of denial’: Zambia combats sickle cell disease with screening for babies
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEight-year-old Emmanuel Muwowo sits quietly on his hospital bed clutching a blue plastic figurine in one hand. Read More
Two gene therapies for sickle cell disease approved in US
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRegulators on Friday approved two new gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder…
Chronic shortage of sickle cell nurses putting patients at risk, damning report warns
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSickle cell patients are being put at risk because of a chronic shortage of specialist nurses to treat them, a damning new…
A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. Health advisers will review it next week
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure…
London hospital to investigate impact of sickle cell disease on eyesight
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA London hospital will investigate the impact of sickle cell disease on eyesight. Read More
Kenya sickle cell: Fighting to dispel the myths around the disease
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the small town of Taveta, lodged in Kenya’s Taita Hills close to the border with Tanzania, families sat on every available…