Sickle cell disease occurs when a child inherits two sickle cell genes—one from each parent. Lillian knew she carried the ...

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is enrolling patients in an innovative clinical trial that seeks to cure sickle cell ...

Next year is the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial. That case was the most famous challenge to the teaching of ...

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is enrolling patients in an innovative clinical trial that seeks to cure sickle cell ...

Cyclosporin H boosts a new lentivirus-delivered gene therapy with enhanced anti-sickling properties in blood stem cells from ...

Wilson celebrates the first U.S. patient to complete gene therapy for sickle cell, but says advocacy must continue.

They can also predispose you to certain diseases. Thousands of diseases — such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia and cancer — are caused when there’s a change or mutation in a gene. Most people ...

The amino acid glutamine plays an unexpected role in erythropoiesis, the differentiation of erythroid progenitor cells into ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - November 14, 2024) Blood stem cells develop through different stages to become fully mature red blood cells. This fundamental ...

Blood stem cells develop through different stages to become fully mature red blood cells. This fundamental biologic process ...

Called Casgevy, the gene-editing treatment is for people with sickle cell disease and a related ... which leads to anemia. People with severe beta thalassemia need regular blood transfusions ...

Crispr has already secured a historic first approval for a CRISPR/Cas9 drug and has several more potential blockbuster ...