Recent findings suggest that chimpanzees have evolved unique genetic mechanisms that help them resist malaria, offering ...
In a new study, researchers discovered a key process where malarial parasites take up a human blood cell ... Essential Genome of Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Knowlesi Mapped Feb. 6, 2025 — A new ...
Sebastien Beauzile, 21, is the first New Yorker to have received the breakthrough Lyfgenia treatment, according to the New ...
Sebastien Beauzile’s recently announced cure from sickle cell disease brings hope to thousands of mostly Black Americans who ...
because in areas where malaria is common, there is a fitness benefit in carrying only a single sickle-cell gene (sickle cell trait). Those with only one of the two alleles of the sickle-cell ...
A Fayetteville teen is making history in North Carolina after undergoing a new gene therapy for sickle cell disease. Aaron Scott was diagnosed with sickle cell at birth. Sickle cell is a genetic ...
because in areas where malaria is common, there is a fitness benefit in carrying only a single sickle-cell gene (sickle cell trait). Those with only one of the two alleles of the sickle-cell ...
On 31 January the NHS announced the approval CASGEVY, the first CRISPR gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease. It will be offered at specialist NHS centres to treat patients who experience ...
Living with sickle cell disease means navigating the unpredictability of pain crises – those sudden, excruciating episodes that often lead to emergency room visits. For patients and their ...
Over the last few months, there have been multiple reports on new treatments for sickle cell disease. In this feature, we highlight the biggest updates in this field and think about what the future ...
It is well-established that patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at substantial risk of neurological ... hypercoagulability, thrombosis, hemolytic anemia, and hypoxia, as well as the ...
Today, CASGEVY is approved for use in patients with sickle cell disease in the United States and multiple countries in Europe and the Middle East. “It’s an amazing gift to have been able to ...