Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these personalized treatments faster, cheaper, and available to far more patients.

Daniel Cressy's illness was a barrier to getting his pilot's license, until a novel treatment was approved in the United ...

The sickle cell patient numbers have overwhelmed the district’s only specialised clinic, exposing critical shortages of space ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD). Treatments for sickle cell anemia include medications, blood transfusions, and bone marrow transplants. SCD is a group of ...

Five seemingly unconnected Black and ethnic minority Londoners discover they have superpowers in the hit Netflix series "Supacell". The link between them? They all suffer from sickle cell anaemia, a ...

The study failure costs Agios a chance to one-up Novo Nordisk and represents yet another setback in a disease that’s ...

Hydroxyurea is an oral chemotherapy drug that doctors may prescribe to people with sickle cell disease. It may help prevent complications due to sickle-shaped blood cells clumping together in small ...

Mice with a version of sickle-cell disease have blood-forming stem cells that show signs of chronic stress, DNA damage and premature ageing, scientists have found 1. But existing cancer drugs and anti ...

Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different tissues in your body and removing carbon dioxide to ...

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) causes red blood cells to become stiff and C-shaped, and they can stick together. This reduces oxygen delivery and disrupts blood flow. Common symptoms include fatigue, ...

The father of a teenager from Guinea with sickle cell disease who died days after he was arrested for cheating in an exam has ...

Sickle cell anemia may qualify as a disability for people experiencing severe symptoms, allowing access to benefits. However, eligibility depends on how the condition affects daily life. Sickle cell ...