Despite a Trump administration push, there are few facilities offering the complex treatment in the rural areas where many ...
This electron microscope image provided by the National Institutes of Health in 2016 shows a blood cell altered by sickle cell disease, top. About two weeks ago, Ediomi Utuk-Lowery got an unexpected ...
Sickle cell disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and ...
A figure estimates that 90% of genetic variants associated with the production of fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients of African ancestry are known, a key finding of the associated ...
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon are combining neuroimaging and technology to better understand pain in people with sickle cell disease, aiming for more compassionate care. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...
SAN DIEGO — A newly approved gene therapy product for sickle cell disease, lovotibeglogene autotemcel (lovo-cel, marketed as Lyfgenia), led to durable disease remissions for up to 5 years and almost ...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...
A 12-year-old boy in the Washington, D.C., area faces months of procedures to remedy his disease. “I want to be cured,” he said. By Gina Kolata Photographs by Kenny Holston Gina Kolata visited Kendric ...
After 44 days, Kendric Cromer, 12, left the hospital. While his family feels fortunate that he was the first to receive a treatment, their difficult experiences hint at what others will be up against.