The Latest Breaking News from Sickle Cell Disease

New gene therapies promise a cure for sickle cell disease but experts say they are out of reach in places that need them the most

Early diagnosis and treatment could save lives from the disease, which kills 50% of affected children under five

Landmark decisions that mark the beginning of gene therapy using the CRISPR-Cas9 tool to treat diseases that could otherwise be cured only through bone marrow transplantation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a pair of gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including the first treatment based on the breakthrough CRISPR gene editing technology.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the country's first gene-editing drug to treat sickle cell disease.

U.S. regulators have approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease

The Food and Drug Administration approved two genetic treatments for sickle cell disease, including one that uses gene-editing. The approvals offer hope for patients and signal a new medical era.

Previously, The Independent revealed that only half of healthcare professionals feel they have sufficient tools to manage the long-term damage that sickle cell disease brings.

Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. In a statement on Thursday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it had approved Casgevy, the…

The treatment is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, for which its inventors were awarded the Nobel prize in 2020

Regulator's approval comes three years after scientists won Nobel Prize for inventing the treatment