New results from a clinical trial show promising outcomes for a gene-edited treatment for severe sickle cell disease, a ...

Durable expression of anti-sickling fetal hemoglobin and reduction in sickle hemoglobin ob ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...

High school teacher Marcus Mitchell, 35, is the first adult at Duke University Hospital to undergo this gene therapy aimed at curing sickle cell disease.

Sickle cell anemia refers to a group of genetic blood disorders that affect a person’s levels of hemoglobin, the protein in ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD). Treatments for sickle cell anemia include medications, blood transfusions, and bone marrow transplants. SCD is a group of ...