Researchers at the New York Blood Center have made a breakthrough in understanding the body’s autoimmune response to sickle ...

In addition to the prolonged pain and suffering endured by sickle cell patients, a Washington University School of Medicine study has concluded that there could be a significant impact on cognitive ...

According to Dr Cissy Kityo the Executive Director JCRC, this new therapy has been introduced after more than a decade of ...

Over 10000 people in Rajasthan’s tribal districts are affected by Sickle Cell Disease with nearly 3000 testing positive Learn ...

Kyle Registre's childhood dream of becoming a pilot can finally come true now that he says he's been cured of sickle cell ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report the life-shortening blood disease sickle cell anemia affects about ...

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Regarding the complications common to the two groups of pregnant women, urinary tract infections (18.1%), severe anemia (22.8%), severe malaria (26.8%) were more reported in sickle cell women than in ...

A "groundbreaking" £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use on the NHS, offering patients with severe sickle cell disease some hope of a cure. It is believed around 1,700 people could be ...

Our independent appraisal committee has approved the use of gene editing therapy exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) for use in the NHS in England, providing a potential cure for some people with ...

A sickle cell disease “cure” is to be offered to NHS patients for the first time. The £1.65 million gene therapy called exa-cel, also known under the brand name Casgevy, uses a Nobel Prize ...