A recent Vanderbilt study has found a cure for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood ...
NY resident Sebastien Beauzile was treated with a pioneering new gene therapy approach called Lyfgenia, curing his sickle ...
The Long Island man had been coming to the hospital since he was 2 months old, now after 21 years he is cured. Read on to ...
Sebastien Beauzile from Laurelton, Long Island, has become the first person in New York State to be cured of sickle cell ...
In a commentary accompanying the study, Sebastian Mendez-Marti, MD, and Swee Lay Thein, DSc, both of the Sickle Cell Branch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, said the difference in ...
The upcoming testing hub at Sadar Hospital, Jamshedpur, will play a crucial role in early detection and treatment. Sickle cell testing is a routine procedure performed on newborns, but it is also ...
Sarah Du at Florida Atlantic University was named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors for work in sickle ...
Sickle cell anemia, first described in 1910, primarily affects people of African, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern descent.
National Workshop on ‘Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Elimination: Best Practices and Scalable Strategies’ was successfully held ...
With approximately 18,000 babies born with sickle cell disease (SCD) annually out of an estimated 896,000 births, Ghana has announced plans to screen every newborn baby for the condition.