Genetics
How genetic therapies transformed the lives of sickle cell patients
Their stories are divided into before and after. First, those long years of pain which flooded every moment—school, relationships, work.
Mar 18, 2024
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News tagged with sickle cell trait
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sickle cell and COVID-19: A risky mix of two diseases
UdeM's Stéphanie Forté and co-researchers in Canada and Brazil have shown how people with sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait have a higher chance of dying from COVID-19 than the general population.
Feb 29, 2024
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Diabetes
Patients had to lobby for correct diabetes diagnoses: Was their race a reason?
When Phyllisa Deroze was told she had diabetes in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, emergency department years ago, she was handed pamphlets with information on two types of the disease. One had pictures of children on it, ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Genetics
Sickle cell affects more families in Africa and India, but new gene therapies are out of reach
Gautam Dongre's two children in India and Pascazia Mazeze's son in Tanzania live with an inherited blood disorder that turns blood cells into instruments of pain.
Dec 14, 2023
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Genetics
New research advances understanding of cancer risk in gene therapies
Medical research has shown promising results regarding the potential of gene therapy to cure genetic conditions such as sickle cell disease and the findings of this study, published in Nature Medicine, offer important new ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sickle cell disease can be deadly, and the persistent health inequities facing Black Americans worsen the problem
The pain from a heart attack is so bad that—if you can imagine—it can feel like an elephant sitting on you. Patients with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition affecting the red blood cells, report that this kind of ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Novel gene therapy shows promise in sickle cell patient clinical trial
Researchers presenting preliminary data from a clinical trial aimed at discovering a cure for sickle cell disease reveal positive results among its first patients.
Jun 9, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How sickle cell disease affects neurological conditions
Sickle cell disease (SCD), a blood disorder that primarily affects people of African ancestry, can cause a variety of symptoms in patients, including stroke and cognitive impairment.
Jul 13, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Risk of stillbirth up for pregnant people with sickle cell trait
(HealthDay)—Pregnant people with sickle cell trait (SCT) have increased risk of stillbirth, according to a study published online Nov. 24 in JAMA Network Open.
Dec 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
For patients fighting sickle cell disease, finding compassionate care is part of the battle
"We need a spray bottle, to spray her like a bad cat," one of the emergency department workers said as Tolulope Afolabi protested that she was too woozy from pain medication to be hustled out of the hospital.
Sep 30, 2021
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