Third Elaine Redding Brinster Prize awarded for development of sickle cell disease therapy
PHILADELPHIA—For his work discovering the basis for hemoglobin gene switching and applying those insights to develop a therapy for sickle ...
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New study shows promising evidence for sickle cell gene therapy
New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that stem cell gene therapy may offer a promising, ...
Unique, comprehensive snapshots of prevalence and geographic distribution of sickle cell disease throughout an entire state
INDIANAPOLIS – A recently published paper describes the development of the Indiana Sickle Cell Data Collection program and presents the ...
NIH grant backs Rice U. lab’s sickle cell disease research
HOUSTON – (July 18, 2023) – Rice University bioengineer Gang Bao and his team have won a 4-year, $2.6 million grant ...
THE LANCET HAEMATOLOGY: Experts urge governments to take immediate actions to provide basic levels of care for people with sickle cell disease, as recent study suggests global mortality burden is nearly 11 times higher than recorded
*For country level data on SCD see table S9 in the supplementary data for the global mortality burden paper. ...
Base editing shows potential superiority for curing sickle cell disease
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – July 03, 2023) Gene therapy that alters hemoglobin genes may be an answer to curing sickle cell ...
Portable tool to diagnose and monitor sickle cell disease receives U.S. patent
In the United States, sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 people and about 2 million Americans carry this genetic mutation. ...
THE LANCET HAEMATOLOGY: Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021
Credit: The Lancet Journal The Lancet Haematology Article Title Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell ...
Sickle cell disease is 11 times more deadly than previously recorded
A new analysis provides a more complete picture of sickle cell disease mortality burden by combining disease prevalence data in ...
Novel gene therapy proving safe and successful in sickle cell patients treated at Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Cleveland: Researchers presenting preliminary data from a clinical trial aimed at discovering a cure for sickle cell disease reveal positive ...
Investigators take first look at a second drug to combat sickle cell disease by turning up fetal hemoglobin
AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 11, 2023) – A class of drugs used for their ability to stop tumor cells from dividing ...
Prime editing shows proof of concept for treating sickle cell disease
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – April 17, 2023) Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a serious blood disorder affecting millions of people, primarily ...
Hemex Health awarded $3M NIH grant to bring Gazelle Hb Variant Test for sickle cell disease to US market
Portland, Ore. – March 27, 2023 – Hemex Health, a medical diagnostic device company focused on expanding healthcare access to ...
Quantifying the life expectancy gap for people living with sickle cell disease
(WASHINGTON, March 16, 2023) – While research has long established disparities in health outcomes among individuals living with sickle cell ...
New pain medications are still widely inaccessible to individuals living with sickle cell disease
(WASHINGTON, March 8, 2023) – Sickle cell disease (SCD), a rare chronic, progressive, life-threatening, inherited blood disorder, often affects individuals ...
Music therapy reduces pain and anxiety for patients with cancer and sickle cell disease
CLEVELAND – A new study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health found patients with cancer and patients with sickle ...
A link between hypoxia and fetal hemoglobin provides hope for sickle cell disease
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – October 12, 2022) Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have shown how a protein responsible for ...
NHGRI project creates new educational materials for sickle cell disease community
New educational materials to help the sickle cell disease community learn about gene therapies for the disease are now available ...
New sickle cell disease gene therapies depend on getting the right mouse
Sickle cell disease is an extremely debilitating condition that affects up to 40% of the population in African countries, with ...
The cost of living with sickle cell disease
(WASHINGTON, May 16, 2022) – In a study published today in Blood Advances, researchers found that privately insured individuals with ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New findings on hair loss in men
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Tirzepatide more effective in blood sugar control and body weight loss than semaglutide, shows meta-analysis of 22 studies
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Astronomers discover newborn galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope
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Chromosome-scale genome sequence of Suaeda glauca sheds light on salt stress tolerance in halophytes
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ISSCR Kicks off São Paulo International Symposium today in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil