A gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease, with a price tag of £1.65m, is to be offered to patients on the NHS in England. About 50 people a year with the inherited blood disorder are likely to ...

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

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

Zehri Williams, 9, wants to be a hematology-oncologist to help other kids like her. Here's why she's a Fayetteville Observer ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTX) shares are trading higher Friday following two major developments that strengthen ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a non-opioid pain drug, clearing the way ...

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 ...

The researchers found that people who were economically deprived, even in the absence of sickle cell disease, had more ...

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 ...