The Abu Dhabi Biobank campaign shed light on how cord blood can support the treatment of more than 80 serious diseases.

A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as ...

Hoosiers from across the state will gather at the Indiana State Capitol on Monday, Feb. 2, to call attention to the urgent ...

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

Memantine, a long-approved and cost-effective drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, could also benefit patients with sickle cell anemia in the future. Initial clinical data from an international ...

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.

Sickle cell disease is caused by a single genetic mutation that alters the shape of red blood cells. While the condition ...

Memantine, a long-approved and cost-effective drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, could also benefit patients with sickle cell anemia in the future. Initial clinical data from an international ...

Why Elon Musk says saving for retirement will be 'irrelevant' in the next 20 years Welcome to Greenland, an economy reliant on subsidies and shrimp 17 college basketball players charged in ...

The year ahead feels like a long stretch of unwrapped gifts. Some days are bright boxes with bows; others are wrinkled wrapping paper hiding something unexpected. For me, living with sickle cell ...

The question of what causes complex neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's or multiple sclerosis continues to confound scientists and doctors, with the unknowns standing in the way of early ...

Caring Cross, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to improving access to advanced therapies, and Boston Children's Hospital today announced a collaboration to provide a sustainable, affordable pathway ...