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

New gene therapy improves the life of 18-year-old with Sickle Cell Disease which affects 5,000 New Jersey residents living ...

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

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 that ...

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.

Previous research investigating the relationship between sickle cell trait and blood clots have only included individuals of African genetic ancestry and self-identified Black participants because ...

AFRO: Can you explain the genetic biology of sickle cell disease ? If my partner and I were to both carry the gene, but neither of us have sickle cell disease, how does our child end up with it ...

Sponsor Message So Adekanbi was thrilled when, in late 2023, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first genetic treatments for sickle cell, a disease that disproportionately affects Black ...

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 ...

Aaron Scott was diagnosed with sickle cell at birth. Sickle cell is a genetic blood disorder that affects the protein which effects the shape and function of red blood cells. The disorder largely ...

Their stories are divided into before and after. First, those long years of pain which flooded every moment—school, relationships, work. And then—after agonizing treatments—what felt like ...

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 ...