The Latest Breaking News from Sickle Cell Disease

Centre informs Parliament that people suffering from blood disorders like thalassemia, haemophilia and sickle cell disease are not eligible for reservation in government jobs under the Persons with Disabilities category.

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

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

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.

There soon may be a new cure for sickle cell disease that attacks the disorder at its genetic source