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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the wake of Pfizer’s voluntary market withdrawal of the popular sickle cell disease therapy, BioSpace looks at five investigational drugs currently making their way through the pipeline. “[Oxbryta] ...

Kristen McDonald Rivet won election to Michigan's 8th Congressional District, securing a seat for Democrats that was opened up by retiring Congressman Dan Kildee. With an estimated 99% of votes ...

A 12-year-old boy has become the first patient in the U.S. to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease, The New York Times reported Oct. 21. Kendric Cromer began treatment with Bluebird bio's ...

A Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint has become the first allied aircraft to complete a full transit along NATO’s eastern border, from the southernmost point of Greece to the northernmost point ...