Regulators on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S. The Food and ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and around the country health professionals continue to discuss the disease that riddles those who have it with excruciating pain.

FIVE YEARS IS URGED TO GET TESTED. THERE IS A POSSIBLE CURE FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND IT’S NOW UNDER REVIEW AT THE FDA. HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS DOCTOR TODD ELLERIN, VICE CHAIR OF MEDICINE AT ...

Sickle Cell Disease is the most common blood disorder in the U.S. according to the CDC, and it can be debilitating. A normal red blood cell is circular shaped, but Sickle Cell Disease causes red blood ...

Andrew Campbell, MD, is a distinguished leader in the field of sickle cell disease research and treatment. Currently serving as the director of the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Program at ...

Hydroxyurea is an oral chemotherapy drug that doctors may prescribe to people with sickle cell disease. It may help prevent complications due to sickle-shaped blood cells clumping together in small ...

A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as ...

DRUG ADMINISTRATION JUST APPROVED A TREATMENT FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE. SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS A RED BLOOD CELL DISORDER THAT AFFECTS 100,000 AMERICANS, MANY OF WHOM ARE BLACK. RED BLOOD CELLS BECOME ...

Gene therapy is a medical treatment that works by changing or fixing a person's genes to treat or prevent disease ...

At the weekend in Kampala, a piece of news landed that could reshape the future of one of the world’s most neglected diseases. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) had accepted a ...