Sickle cell disease is a hereditary condition, which means a person inherits it from their biological parents. The condition occurs when a person inherits two copies of the hemoglobin beta (HBB ...

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 ...

A new vintage clothing store and bar is coming to Frankford and Girard Avenues, and the owners of Garage Fishtown bar are not happy about it. At least not with their new neighbor’s name. The company ...

bMcKusick-Nathans Institute, Baltimore and Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA ...

People with sickle cell disease are immunocompromised, which means they have an increased risk of infection. For this reason, immunizations are an important part of complete sickle cell care. This ...

Editas Medicine said Tuesday it will license out or partner its lead sickle cell treatment, the latest shift for a tarantella company that has repeatedly switched direction and leadership since ...

Oct 23, 2024 Oct 23, 2024 Updated Oct 23, 2024 0 Vintage Wine Bar, 324 E. First St., launched a new food menu last week, as well as a new service that will bring examples of its extensive wine ...

This American-like, rock and roll-feel bar has more than just a few drinks to offer. Grab a beer on tap with some friends and delight in a wide variety of concerts, dance performances, theater acts, ...

Pfizer is voluntarily withdrawing its sickle cell disease (SCD) therapy Oxbryta from all world markets after finding an "imbalance" in deaths in its clinical trials programme. It's a blow to the ...

Kenneth "Kenny" Turner, 79, was living a quiet life as an antique shop owner in Fieldale, Virginia, when he disappeared on April 12. "I think somebody picked him up and took him somewhere ...

Staff lined the hallway, cheering and waving noisemakers. He had just become the first patient to receive a gene therapy for sickle cell since it was approved — a therapy that is expected to ...