To boost awareness and early intervention, the Ministry of Health Family Welfare urges citizens to recognise the warning ...

A Falmouth teen, Jayden Wilsey, is the first to receive gene therapy to treat sickle cell at Boston Children's Hospital.

Beam Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BEAM) announced on Tuesday that it received U.S. FDA's orphan drug designation for its cell therapy ...

It is one of the most common genetic diseases worldwide, mainly in the African continent, where the prevalence can reach 25% of the population in some countries 4. In Brazil, the state of Bahia has a ...

Sickle cell is the most common genetic blood disorder in the UK with approximately 17,500 people living with the condition. The disease which typically affects people of African and Caribbean ...

FLT1 is among 14 new genetic markers of fetal hemoglobin the scientists identified from GWAS data gathered and used with permission from 3,751 people with sickle cell disease. Fetal hemoglobin ...

In the UK, approximately 17,500 people have sickle cell disease and 300 babies are born with the condition each year. It is a genetic disorder caused by inherited mutations in a person’s DNA ...

However, advancements in medical technology now offer new ways to prevent this genetic disorder. Sickle cell anaemia, often referred to as sickle cell disease, is caused by a mutation in the HBB ...

In recent years, the battle against sickle cell disease in Africa has seen tremendous ... of families facing the challenges posed by this genetic condition. The advent of early detection methods ...

Barbara Harrison, director of community outreach at the Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease spoke about what genetic counseling is and the importance of it and knowing your status.

‘A revolutionary step in treating #sickle_cell_disease! #CRISPR gene editing is being used to directly fix the underlying genetic mutation. #gene_therapy’ “This therapy is intended to ...