Around 1,700 people could be eligible for the one-time treatment, which is seen as a less risky alternative to a donor stem ...

A GROUNDBREAKING genetic treatment with the potential to cure sickle cell disease will be rolled out on the NHS. The one-off ...

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 ...

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, ...

There will be a blood drive for sickle cell disease – the most common inherited blood disorder – this weekend in South Jersey ...

An Oxfordshire university student is among those set to receive a "transformative" gene-therapy treatment on the NHS for sickle ...

People in England to benefit from groundbreaking one-off gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease approved by NICE ...

Charity organisation Sickle Cell Society has described the recommendation as a “major breakthrough” for sickle cell patients.

The gene therapy Casgevy, which will now be offered to some patients in England, could help people live disease-free, experts ...

People in England with sickle cell will be able to get the world’s first CRISPR-based medicine under an agreement between the ...

Read about exa-cel being rolled out on the NHS, providing a 'functional cure' for some patients with severe sickle cell ...