Victoria Gray is the first person in the world to receive CRISPR,  a gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease created by ...

For the first time in his life, a young New Jersey man is pain-free thanks to a new gene treatment working to cure patients ...

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

Today is World Sickle Cell Disease Day. The international awareness day is observed annually to increase public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease and the challenges experienced ...

By Gina Kolata Gina Kolata has reported on gene therapy for nearly 30 years and on sickle cell disease since 2018. A panel of experts said on Tuesday that a groundbreaking treatment for sickle ...

The Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology divisions at MUSC have joined forces to create and test an ...

He was diagnosed in 2024 with the sickle cell trait, which has been linked to the deaths of 14 college football players since 2000, according to the National Registry of Catastrophic Sports ...

When Patricia McGill was 13 and learning that she had inherited sickle cell disease, she did not think she would reach 30. But now she and her family are celebrating McGill’s 80th year.

Exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) (Casgevy®) is a gene therapy for treating sickle cell disease in patients 12 years and older with recurrent vaso-occlusive crises and transfustion-dependent beta ...

Menstrual Cycle Could Be Contributing To Sickle Cell Pain Events By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Women with sickle cell disease often have pain ...