Minnesota sisters with sickle cell disease get relief thanks to Make-A-Wish
Avianah Drakeford was born with sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder that negatively affects how blood moves around the ...
Sickle cell disease 'not treated equally' despite being biggest genetic blood disorder in the UK
Sickle cell disease commonly affects people of African and Caribbean backgrounds and can be life-threatening but campaigners ...
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Sickle cell patient declared disease free after groundbreaking therapy on Long Island
A sickle cell gene therapy treatment has allowed a Long Island man to turn a chapter in his life, with doctors declaring him ...
Gene Therapy Loses Luster as Investors Eye Quicker Returns From Weight-Loss Drugs
In the last year, some drugmakers have pulled back from the sector, including Pfizer, which recently stopped selling its gene ...
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My 2-year evolution as a sickle cell disease columnist
Oluwatosin Adesoye finds much that pleases her as she notes her evolution over two years as a columnist for Sickle Cell ...
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Meet The First Man In New York's History To Be Cured Of Sickle Cell Disease
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 ...
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A cure for sickle cell disease? New Vanderbilt study reinforces validity of the therapy
A recent Vanderbilt study has found a cure for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood ...
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How sickle cell disease has impacted my goals and dreams
Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye had to let go of certain goals and dreams due to sickle cell disease, but she's found a new ...
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Most patients with sickle cell disease not prescribed disease-modifying therapy
Researchers observed what they called “alarming” underutilization of disease-modifying therapies for sickle cell disease. More research is needed to explore the reasons for underutilization.
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Sickle cell gene therapy frees teen from life of pain
His eyes would turn yellow regularly due to ... You’re engineering those cells to recover from sickle cell disease and essentially fix the deficits that’s there. That in and of itself takes ...
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Pioneering the world’s first CRISPR medicine for sickle cell disease
Today, CASGEVY is approved for use in patients with sickle cell disease in the United States and multiple countries in Europe and the Middle East. “It’s an amazing gift to have been able to ...
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How to reduce sickle cell pain crises and hospital visits
Living with sickle cell disease means navigating the unpredictability of pain crises – those sudden, excruciating episodes that often lead to emergency room visits. For patients and their ...