Abu Dhabi has announced the launch of CASGEVY to treat sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.

Vertex’s effort to provide fertility support services to those on government insurance programs who want to take the ...

The Department of Health - Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the emirate, has announced the ...

The innovative treatment, provided by Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center (ADSCC), in coordination with DoH and in collaboration with ...

Michelle Harlan, who has sickle beta thalassemia, wants to help others by getting a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.

A pair of privately-held developers of editing-based therapies have some successes to show for their recent efforts to ...

He drinks a lot of coffee in Seattle. But before you start that download, I'm here to remind you of the "beta" part of "public beta." Prerelease software is unfinished and even though a public ...

It then marches through an extended beta-testing period before being released in September. But all the new features don’t come with that initial release; over the months that follow the initial ...

Further, the company is branching into even more areas, with candidates that target such rare conditions as sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia. Novo Nordisk's current lineup can still drive ...

Other, rarer forms of sickle-cell disease include sickle-haemoglobin C disease (HbSC), sickle beta-plus-thalassaemia (HbS/β+) and sickle beta-zero-thalassaemia (HbS/β0). These other forms of ...

For beta-thalassemia carriers alone, the sensitivity and specificity were 96.1% and 50.6%. For sickle cell disease carriers, the sensitivity was 69% while the specificity was 51.4%. If using only CBC ...

Beta-alanine is an amino acid popular in supplements because it may help improve athletic performance and muscle recovery. Made in the liver and found in some foods, beta-alanine is needed to produce ...