Bluebird Bio and Xcellbio have entered into an agreement to support the commercialization of sickle cell gene therapy ...

Feb. 25, 2025 — A bone marrow transplant process is safe and curative for adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a trial completed at about 20 cancer ... Brains of People With ...

On this map, the distribution of sickle-cell anemia haplotypes among nations with high prevalence of the disease are shown. Five distinct beta-globin haplotypes (indicated by colors) are found in ...

The UAB Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center brings together scholars and researchers working in the forefront of basic, translational and clinical research, with the overarching goals to discover new ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.

A 21-year-old Long Island patient has been cured of sickle cell anemia thanks to a gene therapy ... therapy developed by biotech company Bluebird Bio. The groundbreaking treatment’s technology ...

Jeniffer Adhiambo Ayara, a 27-year-old mother from Ahero, Kisumu County, is a woman caught in the relentless storm of parenting two young children, both living with sickle cell anemia. Her ...

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disorder characterized ... Lyfgenia, developed by Bluebird Bio, represents a significant advancement in gene therapy. Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Sebastien Beauzile, 21, has been cured of sickle cell anemia, according to his doctors ... created by the biotech company Bluebird Bio. Beauzile, who suffered from chronic pain for most of his ...

21-year old Sebastien Beauzile becomes the first person in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia (Screenshot: Northwell Health/YouTube) ...

Work likely to be halted by the cuts includes the collection of data for studying Americans with sickle cell, a painful blood disorder that predominantly affects Black families, as well as ...