Under the agreement, participating states will receive “discounts and rebates” from the drugmakers if the treatments don’t ...

People are often encouraged to “know their status,” however this healthy habit can be applied to more than just safe-sex practices. Although they are not the only community who suffers with sickle ...

NHS Scotland has approved a one-time CRISPR gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease, offering durable reduction in vaso-occlusive crises for eligible patients.

Doctors say new gene-based treatments could offer long-term relief — and possible cures — for people living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease has long shortened lives in the United States, ...

A year ago, NBC News joined Wedam Minyila as he began undergoing a groundbreaking treatment for sickle cell disease. The process has included having his stem cells removed for a revolutionary gene ...

After 35 years of consistent pain, Allan Byamukama became one of the few individuals in the world cured of sickle cell ...

Farrell High School students are raising awareness for an important cause--donating blood for sickle cell anemia.

Sickle cell disease refers to a group of genetic diseases that impact a protein that ferries oxygen through the blood. That protein is called hemoglobin, and in sickle cell disease, aberrant ...

Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model ...

You might have wondered why some people with sickle cell disease seem to live relatively normal lives while others spend half their time in the hospital writhing in agony from pain crises. It’s the ...