While both sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease involve mutations in the haemoglobin gene, they are fundamentally different in terms of symptoms, severity, and impact on daily life.

Sickle cell experts say the future of a critical data collection program is in flux after staff at the CDC's Division of ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most common inherited blood disorder and affects roughly 100,000 people in the United States at a given time. It's caused by a mutation of the hemoglobin gene ...

Now, thanks to a groundbreaking genetic treatment ... cell disease in which there is homozygosity for the mutation that causes HbS. Sickle-cell anaemia is also referred to as "HbSS", "SS disease ...

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

He shared that the news was particularly disturbing because at the time he had lost one of his friends who had also been ...

Groundbreaking gene-editing treatment exa-cel is now available for NHS patients with sickle cell disease, offering a ...

While de-extinction projects capture headlines with dreams of resurrecting mammoths, the same technologies at play — especially CRISPR — are quietly transforming something even more profound: human ...

Collaborative research defines a novel approach to understanding how certain proteins called transcription factors determine which genetic programs will drive cell growth and maturation. The method, ...

Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Anaemia are common genetic disorders, with options for treatment and prevention available.

The pilot project is being taken up in three districts of East and West Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan districts where ...