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June 1, 2021 —Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept treatment for blood disorders like sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia that could raise hemoglobin levels by activating production of both fetal and ...
Feb. 16, 2022 —Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder where red blood cells become sickle/crescent shaped. It causes frequent infections, swelling in the hands and legs, pain, severe tiredness and ...
Apr. 9, 2021 —For those who have sickle cell disease, there are only a few treatment options, which include bone marrow transplants, gene therapy or other treatments that address a subset of symptoms. Now, ...
Dec. 13, 2021 —An experimental gene therapy for sickle cell disease restored blood cells to their normal shape and eliminated severe pain crises for years after treatment, a multicenter study has ...
Jan. 21, 2021 —A new article reports two patients appear to have been cured of beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease after their own genes were edited with CRISPR-Cas9 technology. The two researchers who ...
May 6, 2021 —Scientists have developed a highly efficient method to address a major challenge in biology -- identifying the genetic 'switches' that regulate gene ...
Oct. 12, 2022 —Scientists found the cellular response to low oxygen also increases fetal hemoglobin expression in adults, which could lead to novel treatments for some common genetic ...
Oct. 12, 2020 —As public interest and expanded research in human genome editing grows, many questions remain about ethical, legal and social implications of the technology. People who are seriously ill may ...
Feb. 1, 2021 —研究人员发现,一个丰富的饮食和companionship can reduce pain in mice with sickle cell disease by increasing serotonin. They also discovered that duloxetine, an antidepressant that ...
Mar. 1, 2021 —A new review analyzes disparities in experience and treatment of sickle cell ...