The Exa-cel gene therapy treatment is at the forefront of medical technology. It takes the person’s DNA and “edits” out the faulty sickle gene. It’s expensive, too. According to the manufacturer, ...

Experts hailed exciting news for some people with sickle cell disease in England as the health watchdog decided to grant ...

NHS officials estimate that around 50 people a year will receive treatment now that it has been approved for use for certain ...

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 ...

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 ...

Compounding this crisis in mental health is our inability to treat depression ... suggest that SSRIs may actually cause some ...

Those with only one of the two alleles of the sickle-cell disease, while not totally resistant, are more tolerant to the infection and thus show less severe symptoms when infected. The prevalence ...

There’s almost no way to know when a sickle cell pain crisis will strike. Honestly, I hate it. I find it so embarrassing. I’m not embarrassed to have the illness, but rather to have my vulnerabilities ...

Researchers at Washington University have found that sickle cell disease causes the brain to age faster, by about 14 years, impacting cognitive abilities. A groundbreaking study reveals that ...

LAHORE: Punjab Prosecutor General (PG) Syed Farhad Ali Shah on Wednesday visited Anti-Rape Crisis Cell at the Services Hospital and inspected its performance. He emphasized the importance of ...

LAHORE, Jan 15 (APP):Prosecutor General (PG) Punjab Farhad Ali Shah Wednesday visited the Anti-Crisis Cell at Services Hospital here to review its operations and stressed the need for modernising and ...

He attributed these symptoms to sickle cell disease and received hydromorphone ... without evidence of aplastic crisis. The platelet count was normal, and no schistocytes or immature cells were ...