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What Causes Sickle Cell Anemia?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSickle cell anemia is a genetically inherited disorder of the hemoglobin in red blood cells (RBC). Hemoglobin is the protein in RBCs that transports...
Understanding Sickle Cell Anemia
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSickle cell disease is an inherited condition that affects the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin protein in red blood cells. It carries a risk of a sickle cell...
Why we need more Black blood donors to treat sickle cell anemia
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCNN staffer Sharon Browne-Peter was diagnosed with sickle cell disease before she was born and needs...
A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. FDA advisers to review treatment
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may...
Sickle cell affects more families in Africa and India, but new gene therapies are out of reach
theGrio via AOL· 4 months agoSuch stark realities make the cost of gene therapies an insurmountable obstacle, experts say. The...
FDA Approves First CRISPR Treatment in U.S.
Time via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSickled blood cells forming clumps in a vessel Credit - Getty Images It was only 11 years ago that scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier...
1st gene therapies for sickle cell cleared by FDA, including CRISPR treatment
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIllustration of healthy, round red blood cells and sickle shape blood cells flowing through a blood...
The world's 1st CRISPR therapy has been approved. Here's everything you need to know
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 months ago3d illustration of sickle-shape blood cells flowing through a blood vessel. The world's first...
The world’s first gene therapy for sickle cell disease has been approved in Britain
theGrio via AOL· 5 months agoExperts suggest Britain’s approval is a sign a U.S. authorization was likely “imminent” for sickle...
Promising new gene therapies for sickle cell are out of reach in countries where they're needed most
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGautam Dongre’s two children in India and Pascazia Mazeze’s son in Tanzania live with an inherited...