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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Sickle cell disease impacts more than 100,000 people in the United States, including one in 500 African Americans and one in 36,000 Hispanic Americans. It’s estimated that more than ...

Fifteen-year-old Jayden Wilsey of Falmouth is the first person at Boston Children's Hospital to receive human gene therapy for sickle cell disease, following approval of the therapy in 2024 by the U.S ...

Researchers at the New York Blood Center have made a breakthrough in understanding the body’s autoimmune response to sickle cell disease, which they say could lay the foundation for new treatments of ...

During September, numerous national and local organizations, along with diverse communities, individuals affected by sickle cell disease, their families, healthcare providers, and dedicated advocates ...

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

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

A doctor says she’s scrambling to figure out how she’ll continue her work helping sickle cell disease patients after the National Institutes of Health cancelled her $750,000 research grant, citing ...

Health Team Local sickle cell researcher calls NIH grant termination "racist" A researcher at Duke University, speaks out after her NIH grant for sickle cell research was terminated. The $750,000 ...

CHANGING THE LIVES OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENTS. ONE LOCAL MAN IS FINALLY GETTING RELIEF FROM THE CRIPPLING PAIN HE’S EXPERIENCED FOR YEARS. OUR JESSICA BROWN IS HERE WITH HIS STORY. PATIENTS TELL ...