When Dr. Ambroise Wonkam walked into a panel on medical genetics out of curiosity, he had no idea it would shape the course of his career. Born in Cameroon, Wonkam has dedicated his career to studying ...

Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different tissues in your body and removing carbon dioxide to ...

Earlier this month, we learned 22-year-old Daniel Cressy would become the first person in Louisiana to receive a gene therapy that promises to provide what patients and their families have long ...

This story is the first in an occasional series following Louisiana’s first patients to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease. On the third floor of Manning Family Children’s Hospital in New ...

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) on Friday released results from the Phase 3 THRIVE-131 study evaluating inclacumab, an investigational P-selectin inhibitor, in patients 16 years of age and older with sickle ...

Gene therapy has long promised to provide a solution for genetic blood disorders, but delivering on that promise has proven complex due to challenges including difficulties delivering the editing ...

In Ghana newborn screening for sickle cell disease is rare, with many children going undiagnosed until painful symptoms force emergency care. The International Sickle Cell Centre (ISCC), a nonprofit ...

The Nyanza region has long been known for its high malaria burden. But it now faces another serious health challenge — Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) — which has taken root, especially in Kisumu County.

Cristina Pina receives funding from Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group via the Little Princess Trust and the National Centre for the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of Animals in Research.