The Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s first medicine based on CRISPR gene-editing technology, a groundbreaking treatment for sickle cell disease that delivers a potential cure for ...

MONDAY, April 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Women with sickle cell disease often have pain crises around the time of their ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The latest round of CDC cuts could drastically impact those with sickle cell disease.

When traveling to a cold climate, columnist Mary Shaniqua makes sure to pack, eat, and drink carefully to avoid a sickle cell ...

Bluebird Bio and Xcellbio have entered into an agreement to support the commercialization of sickle cell gene therapy ...

Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out ...

A marker linked to inflammation, C-reactive protein, may increase significantly during the follicular phase of the menstrual ...

Work likely to be halted by the cuts includes the collection of data for studying Americans with sickle cell, a painful blood disorder that predominantly affects Black families, as well as ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — One of Vanderbilt's latest studies has found a cure for sickle cell disease. Sickle cell is a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood cell proteins.

For 21 years, Sebastien Beauzile lived with the chronic pain of sickle cell anemia. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking genetic treatment, he is the first person in New York to be cured of the disease.

Prevent Cancer Foundation's 2025 Early Detection Survey showed that only about half of U.S. adults 21 years and older said ...

Dami Olorunfemi, 40, was born with sickle cell disease and said the symptoms were "excruciatingly painful", affecting every aspect of her life. But now she feels reassured knowing she can access ...