An investigational drug for the treatment of sickle cell disease is showing early promise in clinical trials for impacting biomarkers of the disease in patients, reported UConn School of Medicine researchers at the European ...
Jun 19, 2019
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UK health authorities on Tuesday announced a pioneering research programme using the genomes of 100,000 new-born babies, to detect rare genetic illnesses and speed up treatment.
Dec 13, 2022
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Youth who report one of the seven chronic medical conditions (CMCs), including asthma, congenital heart disease, diabetes, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and sickle cell disease, are ...
May 4, 2020
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Genetic mutations that affect our blood cells' haemoglobin are the most common of all mutations. It has been estimated that around 5% of the world's population carry a defective globin gene.
Jul 9, 2014
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Humans have long been thwarted by 'the fever'. References to malaria's infamous febricity are found across antiquity, from writings by the four thousand-year-old Vedic sages of ancient India to the Greek physician Hippocrates. ...
Dec 19, 2019
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials (RCTs) found that sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce hospitalizations and may reduce cardiovascular deaths among people experiencing ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Blood transfusions are life-saving, but blood banks often face shortages.
Feb 23, 2022
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Researchers have presented the latest findings from a clinical trial aimed at discovering a cure for sickle cell disease, a painful genetic blood disorder with limited treatment options.
Jun 15, 2024
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Rising cases of cancers, diabetes, epilepsy and sickle cell disease, known as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), particularly in young people is contributing to a decreased of a third in Kenyan household incomes, Kenya's Ministry ...
Aug 10, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Sickle cell disease is associated with a fourfold increased risk for COVID-19-related hospitalization and a more than twofold increased risk for COVID-19-related death, according to a research letter published ...
Jul 29, 2021
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