Modern treatment cures Pee Dee siblings from sickle cell

Two Pee Dee siblings are officially cured of sickle cell disease after more than a decade of living with the genetic blood ...
The Nation Newspaper

Sickle cell groups urge mandatory genotype screening for Nigerians

Sickle Cell advocacy groups in Lagos have called on both federal and state governments to enact legislation mandating genotype screening for all newborns and citizens, as part of efforts to curb the ...
Medscape

NICE Backs CRISPR Gene Therapy for Severe Sickle Cell Disease

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued final draft guidance recommending a CRISPR gene editing-based treatment for severe sickle cell disease (SCD). The regulator said ...
Healio

Most patients with sickle cell disease not prescribed disease-modifying therapy

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers observed what they called “alarming” underutilization of disease-modifying therapies for sickle cell ...
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27-year-old woman living with sickle cell shares emotional story, warns AS couples against risky marriages

A 27-year-old Nigerian woman identified as Zainab has shared a deeply emotional account of her life living with sickle cell ...