Sickle cell disease is not rare and affects many children in India. This genetic condition is inherited when both parents ...

U.S. colleges and universities for the first time are requiring top student athletes to submit to testing for the gene for sickle cell anemia, a mandate aimed at preventing sudden deaths of promising ...

Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these ...

The Sickle Cell Anemia Testing and Screening Market offers growth opportunities through expanded newborn testing, molecular ...

Joy Watitwa's ill health started when only four months old. She has fought sickle cell disease for 37 years now, and although in pain for most of her life, Watitwa has tried not to let the disease ...

13-year-old Rickey Buggs became the first commercial patient to receive a gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease at TriStar Centennial Children's Hospital.

This article is authored by Dr Namrata Singh, consultant pathologist, Dept of Haematology and HLA, Metropolis Healthcare Limited.

A Nashville doctor helped pioneer an FDA approved "state-of-the-art" gene-editing therapy that could be a cure for painful ...

The New York City Council has voted to pass a new bill that will help educate and test New Yorkers regarding sickle cell disease. The New York Blood Center says that around 10,000 New Yorkers are ...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about the genetic blood disorder that remains under-treated. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...