Despite progress in healthcare services for individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD) in Africa, substantial gaps ...

Blood transfusions are a common medical procedure used to treat various conditions, including sickle cell disease (SCD ... and increase the risk of transfusion-related complications.

Everything you need to know about agonising sickle cell disease and the ‘revolutionary’ new DNA therapy that's being rolled ...

a In progress. Abbreviations: + = yes; - = no; ? = unknown; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; BabyHUG = Baby Hydroxyurea Group; BP = blood pressure; CPAP/O 2 ...

Columnist Mary Shaniqua, who undergoes monthly transfusions because of sickle cell, thanks the blood donors who make it ...

Living with Sickle Cell Disease means that every treatment comes with its own side effects. Today, we will focus on the dangers of blood exchange or transfusion and the risk of iron overload.

While thalassemia is caused by a defect in the beta-globin gene, controlling the production of the beta-globin chains of haemoglobin, sickle cell disease is caused by a defect in haemoglobin ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today a reimbursement agreement with NHS England for eligible sickle cell disease (SCD) patients to access the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy, CASGEVY® ...

A cutting-edge gene therapy has been approved for NHS use for some patients with severe sickle cell disease ... pulmonary embolism and a blood transfusion reaction, which led to 10 days in ...

The company has approved medicines that treat the underlying causes of multiple serious diseases and conditions — cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia and ...

The company has approved medicines that treat the underlying causes of multiple serious diseases and conditions — cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia and ...