Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the production of an abnormal haemoglobin, known as ...

The researchers found that people who were economically deprived, even in the absence of sickle cell disease, had more ...

Those with only one of the two alleles of the sickle-cell disease, while not totally resistant, are more tolerant to the infection and thus show less severe symptoms when infected. The prevalence ...

One sickle cell patient told ITV News the new gene therapy being rolled out for use on the NHS means they "finally have something to look towards". | ITV National News ...

Accurate pain reporting in sickle cell disease is critical to effective pain assessment and management, but accuracy depends on patient comprehension of forms.

The decision to have a stem cell transplant was one I had to think long and hard about. Would my body be able to cope with the necessary radiotherapy to lessen my immune system? Would the ...

The UK has approximately 17,500 individuals living with sickle cell disease, a condition particularly prevalent amongst those ...

NHS patients with sickle cell disease will be able to benefit from a groundbreaking gene-editing treatment that offers the prospect of a cure for the condition. The one-off gene therapy, known as ...

Stem cell transplant in young adults and adolescents with severe sickle cell disease may be a feasible option, according to a ...

In sickle cell disease, red blood cells are shaped like a “C” and can clump together, causing a range of painful symptoms that can become life-threatening. The only curative treatment ...

This switches to the adult form once they are born. Crucially foetal haemoglobin is not affected by sickle cell disease, so Crispr acts by dampening down the "switch" that makes the body produce ...