Por: The Boston Globe Business June 11, 2023
It’s one of the great paradoxes of medicine.Sickle cell disease was the first human disorder understood on a molecular level, its underpinnings explained in a landmark 1949 paper by a future two-time Nobel laureate.Yet the inherited blood disease ― which causes unpredictable bouts of crushing pain, damages organs, and cuts lives short ― has eluded transformative treatments longer than a number of other genetic diseases, including far rarer... + full article
The Boston Globe USA Business March 29, 2023
Bluebird Bio Inc. expects to fall short of its goal to seek regulatory approval for its sickle cell gene therapy by the end of March, the latest setback for the struggling biotechnology company.The company may be able to file the application in a few weeks, depending on when the... + más
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The Root USA Health March 02, 2023
NFL running back Tevin Coleman and his wife Akilah are proud parents of 5-year-old twins, Nazaneen and Nezerah. Shortly after the twins’ birth, their daughter, Nazaneen, was diagnosed with sickle cell disease (SCD), a red blood cell disorder that can prevent the body’s... + más
Sickle Cell Cure Brings Mix of Anxiety and Hope | The New York Times
New York Post USA Entertainment February 15, 2023
“Velma,” the HBO spinoff of “Scooby-Doo,” that has been for issues such as sexualizing minors and pushing a woke agenda, is now in hot water over a crass joke at the expense of those who suffer sickle cell anemia. The HBO Max show has been picked up for a second... + más
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The New York Times USA Health January 18, 2023
Terry Jackson lives a life dominated by sickle cell disease. The genetic disorder, in which misshapen red cells become wedged in blood vessels, causes him daily bone pain and lower back pain and has sent him to the hospital for pain treatment and life threatening emergencies for... + más
Study: Too few kids with sickle cell get stroke screen, care | ABC News
ABC7 USA Health September 29, 2022
.Caivano said the genetic condition affects 100,000 people in the U.S. each year. The disease disproportionately affects Black Americans, but it can affect people of all races.It occurs when blood cells form into sickle shapes. When it clots, it causes painful episodes.It can... + más
ABC News USA Health September 21, 2022
NEW YORK -- Too few U.S. kids with sickle cell anemia get a needed screening for stroke, according to a study released Tuesday.The study found fewer than half get the screening and only about half or fewer get a treatment that can help with pain and anemia. The Centers for... + más
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Associated Press USA Science September 21, 2022
FILE - This 2009 colorized microscope image made available by the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a sickle cell, left, and normal red blood cells of a patient with sickle cell anemia. A study of U.S. children with sickle... + más
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