With the addition of Casgevy, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles now offers two gene therapies for sickle cell, the first being Lyfgenia.

(HealthDay News) — Adults with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and healthy controls with greater economic deprivation have older brain age, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in JAMA Network Open.

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Exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) gene therapy offers a potential cure for severe sickle cell disease, now available on NHS.

Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the production of an abnormal haemoglobin, known as haemoglobin S. Sickle cell disease changes the shape of blood cells into a crescent ...

There is no evidence to support physical exertion without rhabdomyolysis or heat injury causing sudden death in individuals ...

A new gene editing treatment has been approved for use in the NHS, which will help treat sickle cell disease patients ...

As is the case for institutions treating the disease, a majority of the sickle cell patients at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital are African American. The hospital recognized the need ...

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A systematic literature review found no evidence to support that physical exertion without rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown) or heat injury can cause sudden death for individuals with sickle cell ...

The researchers found that people who were economically deprived, even in the absence of sickle cell disease, had more ...

A systematic literature review found no evidence to support that physical exertion without rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown) or heat injury can cause sudden death for individuals with sickle cell ...