Cardiology
FDA advisors to weigh new gene therapy for sickle cell anemia
Patients with sickle cell disease may soon have two new treatments to try.
Oct 30, 2023
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Sickle Cell Disease
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Expert explains parvovirus B19, a common childhood infection
Parvovirus B19 is the cause of fifth disease, a mild rash typically seen in children, although adults can contract the virus. Parvovirus B19 affects only humans. You can't contract it or transmit it to dogs or cats. However, ...
Oct 23, 2023
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Medical economics
For people with sickle cell disease, ERs can mean life-threatening waits
Heather Avant always dresses up when she goes to the emergency room.
Oct 23, 2023
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Genetics
Researchers work to preserve fertility for people undergoing gene therapy
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have created a novel gene therapy procedure that could preserve fertility in people with sickle cell disease and other genetic blood conditions. Infertility is a high-risk ...
Oct 12, 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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Cardiology
Red Cross appeals for donors during national blood shortage
The American Red Cross said Monday that it urgently needs blood donations because the national blood supply has dropped nearly 25 percent since early August.
Sep 12, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pneumococcal vaccines linked with fewer severe infections among children with sickle cell disease
New research published in Blood Advances reveals that since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, PCV7 and PCV13, invasive pneumococcal infection (IPD) rates among children living with sickle cell disease (SCD) ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sickle cell disease continues to face underfunding and lack of research, say researchers
Since its discovery in 1910, sickle cell disease has been considered a death sentence for those that inherited it. But over the years, dedicated pediatric programs and research initiatives have greatly improved patient care ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Medical research
Gene-tweaked stem cells offer hope against sickle cell disease
A type of gene therapy that precisely "edits" a key bit of DNA might offer a new way to treat sickle cell disease—a painful inherited condition that largely strikes Black children and adults.
Sep 3, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study shows promising evidence for sickle cell gene therapy
New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that stem cell gene therapy may offer a promising, curative treatment for the painful, inherited blood disorder sickle cell disease (SCD).
Aug 30, 2023
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