TIME ON THE CLOCK 633 RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAVE SICKLE CELL DISEASE, AND NEARLY 90% ARE BLACK. YOU CAN MAKE A LIFESAVING DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE LIVING WITH SICKLE ...

Sickle cell disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and roughly 100,000 here in the United States, most of them African American. It ...

MEALS FOR LOCAL FAMILIES IN NEED. MORE THAN 100,000 AMERICANS HAVE SICKLE CELL DISEASE. THAT GENETIC CONDITION CAUSES RED BLOOD CELLS TO BE SHAPED LIKE A C, AND IT CREATES LIFELONG HEALTH PROBLEMS. IT ...

At the Cleveland Clinic, doctors are using a one-time gene-editing therapy that alters a patient’s own blood-forming stem cells to correct the genetic mutation responsible for the disease. Physicians ...

Nearly a year after its approval, the first medical treatment that uses the Nobel Prize–winning technology Crispr is now being given to patients. Called Casgevy, the gene-editing treatment is for ...

MOST COMMON GENETIC BLOOD DISORDER IN THE U.S. SO TODAY, WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS. SO SICKLE CELL WAS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) -September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and this month the American Red Cross is recognizing the critical need for blood donation. The American Red Cross tells us that ...

DAYTON — In recognition of Sickle Cell Awareness month, 7 Circle of Kindness is teaming up with the American Red Cross to host a Sickle Cell Blood Drive to support patients living with sickle cell ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

Vijayawada: A mass awareness and free blood testing camp for thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia was successfully conducted ...

The call was made during an awareness programme and free blood testing medical camp organised jointly by the Public Health ...