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

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

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 ...

People with sickle cell disease often struggle with memory, focus, learning and problem solving, setting them back in ...

One sickle cell patient told ITV News the new gene therapy being rolled out for use on the NHS means they "finally have something to look towards". | ITV National News ...

In 2019, the first CRISPR clinical trials were conducted to treat sickle cell diseases and in 2020, this treatment was ...

Individuals with sickle cell disease – a chronic illness where misshapen, sticky blood cells clump together, reducing oxygen ...

Sickle cell patients with older-looking brains score ... Likewise, long-term poverty could affect a child’s brain development, researchers added. Brains normally shrink as they age, but ...