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Sickle cell disease (SCD) gene therapy products, namely Vertex Pharmaceuticals' and CRISPR Therapeutics’ gene editing therapy exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel;…

Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) are about seven times more likely to have asthma than their unaffected siblings, with odds increasing with age, according to…

The sickle cell disease treatment market was valued at USD 6.29 Billion in 2025 driven by the rising prevalence of sickle cell disease and advancements in treatment…

National guidelines for the acute management of sickle cell disease (SCD) vaso-occlusive episodes (VOE) recommend use of a patient-specific (PSP) or a weight-based…

MS. STEAD SELLERS: Hello, and welcome to Washington Post live. I’m Frances Stead Sellers, an associate editor here at The Post.Today I'm delighted to welcome Dr.…

On a hospital bed, surrounded by white walls, beneath fluorescent lights and a hum of medical machinery, filmmaker and comedian Jared “J.” Snow lifted his phone and…

Blood stem cell gene therapy to treat hemoglobinopathies is beginning to transform health for small numbers of patients in the U.S. and Europe, where these…

The Ministry of Health has thrown its weight behind the Focus on Sickle Cell Foundation (FoSCel) in its efforts to raise awareness about sickle cell disease, a…

As Uganda rolls out mandatory nationwide screening of newborns for sickle cell disease this month, a gene therapy celebrated in the United States and Europe remains…

Sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited blood disorder passed down through genes, shows up significantly more often in Black populations. In people with SCD, normal…