sickle cell anemia
Curing sickle-cell disease with a more accurate CRISPR technique?
For many serious diseases, the statistics tell just half the story. Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is no exception. Yes, we can ...
Teenager’s experimental gene therapy treatment could change the lives of millions of sickle cell patients worldwide
Meet Helen Obando, a shy 16-year-old who likes to dance when her body isn’t ravaged by the debilitating symptoms of ...
Sickle cell disease targeted with CRISPR therapy as ‘the only potential cure’
[F]or the first time, doctors in the United States used the gene editing tool CRISPR to attempt to remedy a ...
Why do some elite athletes die during intense exercise? The answer may be in their genes.
Biological anthropologists and other researchers investigate why there is a diversity of symptoms and outcomes in people with sickle cell ...
The promise of genetic engineering in medicine could be threatened by ‘bad press’
Because the disorder is caused by a single mutation in a single gene, sickle cell disease has long been seen ...
Gene therapy on brink of golden age: Here’s why
Just as vaccination began first for smallpox, then expanded to a handful of other diseases and has since expanded to ...