Sebastien Beauzile, 21, is the first New Yorker to have received the breakthrough Lyfgenia treatment, according to the New ...

Sebastien Beauzile lived with the chronic pain of sickle cell anemia. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking genetic treatment, he ...

A 21-year-old man has become the first person in New York—and one of the first in the world—to be cured of sickle cell anemia ...

A patient on Long Island is the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say. They credit state-of-the-art genetic treatment. For 21 years, Sebastien Beauzile suffered chronic pain ...

Esther Nkemakolam runs her fingers through kinetic sand and sings a “Moana” song as UPMC Children’s Hospital nurse Taylor Brennan gets to work drawing blood. Esther is back for her monthly blood ...

In the UK, approximately 17,500 people have sickle cell disease and 300 babies are born with the condition each year. It is a genetic disorder caused by inherited mutations in a person's DNA that ...

Sickle-cell anaemia is the name of a specific form of sickle-cell disease in which there is homozygosity for the mutation that causes HbS. Sickle-cell anaemia is also referred to as "HbSS", "SS ...

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely ...

“Through his work, we’ve come to understand how red blood cells work, how they develop in the body, and, particularly, how mutations lead to sickle cell disease.” Sickle cell disease stems ...

Zynext Ventures is investing in Illexcor Therapeutics to advance the clinical development of ILX002, its lead candidate for ...

A recent review published in the journal Engineering delves into the significant advancements and potential of CRISPR ...