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

Researchers described a promising new approach for using gene therapy to treat sickle cell disease in the journal Human Gene ...

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is enrolling patients in an innovative clinical trial that seeks to cure sickle cell disease. The trial is the first in the U.S. to apply non-viral CRISPR-Cas9 ...

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

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

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

Can the risk of passing on a potentially fatal genetic disease prevent a couple from marrying in the Catholic Church? This contentious question is being debated in Benin, a country with a high ...

The genome-editing technology can be supercharged by artificial intelligence—and the results are already being felt.

The groundbreaking gene-editing tool that launched a patent war, earned its developers a Nobel Prize and stands poised to ...

Phase 1 study and Investigator Initiated Trial evaluating KL003 for patients with beta thalassemia demonstrated an encouraging efficacy signal ...

New Delhi, November 17 (IANS): The Sickle Cell Eradication-2047 initiative aims to create a healthier future for tribal ...

The Centre has launched a commemorative stamp to mark the goal of eradicating sickle cell disease by 2047, highlighting ...