Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
For patients with sickle cell disease, fertility care is about reproductive justice
Teonna Woolford has always wanted six kids. Why six?
Dec 13, 2022
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Sickle Cell Disease
Medical research
Gene therapy lets a French teen dodge sickle cell disease
A French teen who was given gene therapy for sickle cell disease more than two years ago now has enough properly working red blood cells to dodge the effects of the disorder, researchers report.
Mar 1, 2017
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Addiction
Cannabis shows potential for mitigating sickle cell disease pain
Cannabis appears to be a safe and potentially effective treatment for the chronic pain that afflicts people with sickle cell disease, according to a new clinical trial co-led by University of California, Irvine researcher ...
Jul 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease
Scientists are seeing promising early results from the first studies testing gene editing for painful, inherited blood disorders that plague millions worldwide, especially Black people.
Dec 5, 2020
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Genetics
New platform poised to be next generation of genetic medicines
A City of Hope scientist has discovered a gene-editing technology that could efficiently and accurately correct the genetic defects that underlie certain diseases, positioning the new tool as the basis for the next generation ...
Jul 16, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monoclonal antibody therapy and COVID-19
Monoclonal antibody therapy is an infusion treatment that can reduce the severity of COVID-19. Here are some of the commonly asked questions about the treatment.
Oct 19, 2021
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Medical research
Tweaking gene therapy: Scientists experimentally boost red blood cells to aid sickle cell and other hemoglobin diseases
A series of laboratory studies is underway in the United States to improve gene therapy worldwide for sickle cell disease, a complex and sometimes deadly heritable blood disorder that dramatically affects the structure and ...
Medical research
Genome engineering paves the way for sickle cell cure
A team of physicians and laboratory scientists has taken a key step toward a cure for sickle cell disease, using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to fix the mutated gene responsible for the disease in stem cells from the blood of ...
Oct 12, 2016
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Medical research
Researcher identifies protein that potentially worsens kidney injuries
One of the many risks associated with heart attacks and cardiac surgery is acute kidney injury, a serious condition that in some cases can lead to kidney failure.
Oct 7, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CRISPR gene editing reveals biological mechanism behind common blood disorder
Asymptomatic sickle cell disease patients actually lack a tiny part of the genome, UNSW scientists have shown.
Apr 8, 2022
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