But now comes welcome news about a historic breakthrough treatment. Earlier this month, the Food Drug Administration announced its approval of the first gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease.

Patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation for sickle cell disease saw high rates of survival without disease ...

Patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation for sickle cell disease saw high rates of survival without disease ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic condition that affects the shape and function of your red blood cells (RBCs). RBCs transport oxygen to your body’s organs and tissues using a protein called ...

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited condition that impacts red blood cells. It can cause a variety of symptoms, which may include anemia, infections, and blockages in blood vessels. Sickle cell disease ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD). Child sickle cell anemia occurs when a child has a lower level of healthy red blood cells than expected. The condition is ...

Sickle cell thalassemia occurs when you inherit both a sickle cell gene mutation and a thalassemia gene mutation. Symptoms are similar to other types of sickle cell disease but can vary depending on ...

Reeves is an associate professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of Michigan and the principal investigator of the Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection program. In December 2023, a ...

Sickle cell disease is a genetic condition affecting at least 100,000 Americans. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday announced that it has approved Casgevy, the first CRISPR ...

Most patients living with sickle cell disease who went to the emergency department of a U.S. hospital with a severe pain crisis were not triaged properly and faced long delays. Those triaged with a ...

Contrary to misconceptions among medical professionals and patients alike, individuals born with sickle cell trait (SCT) show no risk of experiencing the acute pain crises known to occur with sickle ...