By Balambal Suryanarayanan CRISPR-Cas9 is a repurposed gene editing tool that allows scientists to cut, replace, and insert pieces of DNA in precise regions along the strand. Courtesy of NIH Image ...

Simmie White is taking control of her own story. The six-year-old girl and her mother want others to understand more about ...

The Medical University of South Carolina Health has established the Rena N. Grant Sickle Cell Center to help treat those ...

In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...

The Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ held a Sickle Cell blood drive Saturday, to help those affected with the condition.

The Medical University of South Carolina is expanding its access to state-supported Sickle Cell programs for “warriors,” or ...

Living with sickle cell disease comes with challenges, such as pain crises that can set a patient back days, weeks, or even months. The mental and physical toll can be immense. Because February is ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A team of stem cell scientists have successfully used embryonic stem cell engineering to create a bi-paternal mouse -- a mouse with two male parents -- that lived until adulthood.

It's rare that an athlete can boast of having parents who both competed at the apex level of a major sport. When you're talking about a combined 167 professional singles titles, 30 Grand Slam ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — A research team has made a major discovery on how the CUL5 gene affects CAR-T cell therapy, an advanced cancer therapy. The study reveals that reducing the activity of the CUL5 ...

Cell biology is the discipline of biological sciences that studies the structure, physiology, growth, reproduction and death of cells. Research in cell biology uses microscopic and molecular tools ...