As is the case for institutions treating the disease, a majority of the sickle cell patients at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital are African American. The hospital recognized the need ...

In 2019, the first CRISPR clinical trials were conducted to treat sickle cell diseases and in 2020, this treatment was ...

Richard Bayliss is 44 years old and has sickle cell disease with hemoglobin SS disease. He’s in the final year of a master’s ...

After moving from Sierra Leone to London, guest columnist Richard Bayliss received a proper diagnosis and care plan for his sickle cell.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today a reimbursement agreement with NHS England for eligible sickle cell disease (SCD) patients to access the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy, CASGEVY® ...

Adults with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and healthy controls with greater economic deprivation have older brain age.

Base editing utilizes enzymes to modify single amino acids at the most foundational unit of DNA, called a base.

Maite Rodriguez and her husband gave their 6-year-old daughter with sickle cell disease a lifeline when they conceived a ...