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 ...

Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder caused by a single mutation in both copies of a gene coding for beta-globin. Beta-globin forms half of the oxygen-carrying molecule hemoglobin.

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

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

Researchers described a promising new approach for using gene therapy to treat sickle cell disease in the journal Human Gene Therapy. To improve the efficacy of gene therapy when using anti ...

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 ...

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