According to a story from Nature, Dr. Elliot Vichinsky thinks that almost a third of his patients with sickle cell disease ultimately die from causes that could be prevented. Sickle…
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a blood disorder. SCD patients have abnormal hemoglobin, or sickle hemoglobin, caused by a genetic mutation in the beta-chain. It results in deformed and inflexible…
Rare disease research is often underrepresented in the field of science. However, recent developments have made researchers more interested in studying this group of diseases. For instance, investments in gene…
The United States Food and Drug Administration has accepted an Investigational New Drug application (IND) for an investigational gene therapy designed to be a treatment for sickle cell disease. Previously,…
Ebony.com featured a story this September of a young middle school girl named Kennedy Cooper who has sickle cell disease (SCD). Sickle cell diseases are inherited disorders that affect the…
The Noah’s Ark Foundation For Sickle Cell, an NGO based in Lagos, Nigeria, is working to support people with sickle cell disease. In a recent interview with the Nigerian Tribune,…
September was Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Sickle Cell Awareness Month. To mark to occasion, the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta released a…
According to a story from Greenville Online, the Greenville Health System has begun implementing a comprehensive treatment program for patients with sickle cell disease and its most severe and common…
Scientists are researching the possibility of fetal gene therapies as possible cures for rare diseases, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, hemophilia, sickle cell disease, and Gaucher's disease. With fetal gene…
Researchers have investigated whether self-management electronic health (eHealth) interventions, such as text messaging, apps, and online cognitive-behavioural therapy, should be used to help patients with sickle cell disease self-manage the…
The experimental drug olinciguat (IW-1701) has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of sickle cell disease. The full article can…
The experimental gene therapy LentiGlobin for the treatment of severe sickle cell disease is being investigated in an ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial. Bluebird Bio, the company developing the therapy,…
Today is World Sickle Cell Day! Established in 2008, this international awareness day is aimed to increase public awareness and an understanding of sickle cell diseases, while educating those who may…
The Investigational New Drug Application for the experimental drug CTX001 for treating sickle cell disease has been put on clinical hold, announced Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated and CRISPR Therapeutics. This hold…
According to a story from apnews.com, sickle cell disease gets very little research or funding despite that fact that about 100,000 people in the U.S. are affected by it. The…
According to a story from Sickle Cell Anemia News, the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital just received $1 million in grant funding from The Links Foundation, which is one of…
Patients with sickle cell disease often face stigma about their need for pain medication because care providers are suspicious of drug abuse, reports The Dallas Post Tribune. Although this is…
Now these are the kind of stories we love to read about! Canadian Revée Agyepong is the first adult in Canada to be cured of sickle cell anemia through stem cell…
A new drug called Altemia is being developed to treat sickle cell diseases in children, reports BioPortfolio. It has recently been awarded Orphan Drug designation in both the United States…
According to a story from bioportfolio.com, The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has given $5.74 million to the City of Hope, a private, nonprofit clinical research center that is primarily…
Lydia, a 16-year-old student at Ng'iya Girls High, was sent home permanently due to her rare disorder, reports Daily Nation. Lydia suffers from a disease called Cord Ischemia, and the…
Patients suffering from sickle cell disease, SCD, might just be getting news they've been waiting to hear for a long time. Just this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
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