OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nobel Prize-winning technology offers a potential cure for sickle cell disease. Simply put, doctors can edit a patient’s genes to alter blood cells. But this gene editing ...

Despite a Trump administration push, there are few facilities offering the complex treatment in the rural areas where many ...

Given the remarkable advances seen with gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD), it may seem counterintuitive to suggest the space may be in need of more therapies that have already been ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Going to the movies, hanging out with friends, playing video games — Jamal Bailey is your typical young adult who likes walking. But sometimes even something as simple as walking can ...

Corey Mitchell, once a dedicated police officer, now battles multiple sclerosis and inspires others by hosting blood drives ...

ST. LOUIS — A blood drive Saturday helped provide support for and raise awareness around a disease that impacts millions across the globe. Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic blood disease ...

September is recognized as Sickle Cell Awareness Month. LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is requesting donors and scheduled blood drives to support local patients living with sickle cell disease, a ...

Sickle cell disease experts are worried that recent staffing changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will impact a program that collects data about the genetic disease and how it ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Jack and Jill Staten Island Chapter is hosting its first-ever “Stride for Sickle Cell Blood Drive Walkathon,” Saturday, Sept. 6, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Midland Beach ...

Sickle cell disease is a hereditary condition, which means a person inherits it from their biological parents. The condition occurs when a person inherits two copies of the hemoglobin beta (HBB) gene ...