Both men had sickle cell disease (SCD) and died from sickle cell crises. Their recent inquests have revealed that poor care ...

In addition to fetal DNA, cfDNA testing detects DNA released from the mother's red blood stem cells and, occasionally, abnormal DNA that may result from an undetected cancer in the asymptomatic ...

Kanglin Biotechnology has raised $20 million in financing to advance the development of sickle cell gene therapy KL003.

The disease gets its name because when you have SCD, your red blood cells look like a sickle, which is a C-shaped farm tool. Normal red blood cells are round and pliable. With sickle cell ...

The hallmark symptom of sickle cell anemia is pain, particularly episodes of sudden pain, sometimes called sickle cell crises ...

Acanthocyte Erythrocyte identified by numerous spiny cytoplasmic projections; similar to a Burr cell ... Abnormal tendency of an RBC to be dyed by a variety of laboratory stains Red Blood Cell ...

The majority of SCD patients given Lyfgenia in clinical trials remained free of vaso-occlusive events (VOEs) following ...

In December 2023, 34-year-old Dave Onawelo told staff in the hospital emergency department at Whipps Cross Hospital in east London that he was ...

The study appears in the New England Journal of Medicine. In addition to foetal DNA, cfDNA testing detects DNA released from the mother’s red blood stem cells and, occasionally, abnormal DNA that may ...

Base editing gene therapy is rewriting the future for sickle cell patients, leaving them healthier and pain-free.

Sickle cell disease occurs when a child inherits two sickle cell genes—one from each parent. Lillian knew she carried the ...