Black History Month is poignant for one family after a man got a historic, innovative treatment at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Fifteen-year-old Jayden Wilsey of Falmouth is the first person at Boston Children's Hospital to receive human gene therapy for sickle cell disease, following approval of the therapy in 2024 by the U.S ...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers and collaborators have found that being a carrier for sickle cell disease, known as having sickle cell trait, increases the risk of blood clots, a risk ...

A new breakthrough study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities could explain why patients with the ...

At the weekend in Kampala, a piece of news landed that could reshape the future of one of the world’s most neglected diseases. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) had accepted a ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders resulting from a mutation in the hemoglobin protein in red blood cells. This mutation changes the shape of the blood cells from round, ...

A breakthrough study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota could explain why patients with the same genetic ...

Across neuroscience, biomedical engineering and artificial intelligence, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University are exploring how pain is measured, understood and treated to support safer, more ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beam Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAM), a biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines through base editing, today announced the ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has accepted a groundbreaking patent from Dei BioPharma Ltd., marking a significant milestone in the treatment of sickle cell disease.Dei BioPharma, a Ugandan ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a stop in downtown Charleston Friday morning to speak at the National Conference of Insurance ...

What does it take to be a Warrior? Does it take super-human strength, excellence in physical combat or the ability and willingness to save the world? For some, all it takes is existing. There are ...