The mother of a teenager with sickle cell disease said medical treatment for the genetic blood disorder was a "postcode lottery". Nathan, 16, from Northampton, suffers from chronic pain and takes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Naruto is jam-packed with flashy jutsu, from the monstrous Susanoo to the dreadful Infinite Tsukoyomi. In Naruto, jutsu are ...

Zydus Lifesciences is launching a proof-of-concept Phase 2a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its oral candidate desidustat in people with sickle cell disease (SCD). The study is ...

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 ...

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

“When you’ve dealt with symptoms on and off your whole life, sometimes the pain doesn’t show up on your face that much,” said Tarrer, 18, who has sickle cell disease. “But this illness ...

The Orangeburg Area Sickle Cell Foundation held its awareness walk at Centennial Park in the Edisto Memorial Gardens in September, with nearly 300 people participating. Foundation Executive ...