Around 2,500 people are living with sickle cell disease in the Bay State, and they are advocating for a bill that would improve quality of life for all those dealing with the disease.

The most severe form of sickle cell disease, sickle cell anemia causes red blood cells to be sickle- or crescent-shaped, rather than a disc. That distortion causes the cells to get stuck in the ...

Vertex's gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease, Casgevy, has been given the nod for use by the NHS in England after an earlier rejection.

NICE backs Vertex's gene-editing therapy Casgevy as a treatment for beta thalassaemia, a few months after turning it down for sickle cell disease ...