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Health Matters: So You Have The Sickle Cell Trait, Here's What You Should Know

September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...

Scientists cured sickle cell. Then their next challenge began.

Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these personalized treatments faster, cheaper, and available to far more patients.
Medical Xpress

Sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations, study finds

National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers and collaborators have found that being a carrier for sickle cell disease, known as having sickle cell trait, increases the risk of blood clots, a risk ...

All Eyes On Zydus' Phase III Trial As India Seeks Breakthrough In Sickle Cell Treatment

DCGI cleared Phase III trials of Zydus’ Desidustat for sickle cell disease. If proven safe and effective, the oral drug could offer an accessible new treatment option for millions of Indians.
mlive

From sickle cell to Capitol Hill, Michigan boy uses his story to help others

Having a part of his spleen removed and a rare chronic disease hasn’t stopped 12-year-old E’Shon Guy from living a normal ...

Man becomes first ever patient cured of sickle cell anemia in Louisiana

The first person to ever be cured of sickle cell anemia in Louisiana received revolutionary gene therapy. The treatment is now offered at this hospital.
Newsday

Sickle cell anemia patient reunites with Long Island doctors whose gene therapy treatments made him symptom-free

Within 12 hours of landing in Florida in January, 2021, Sebastien Beauzile, then 17, was admitted to two separate hospitals. He had come to Florida to surprise his sister for her birthday. But instead ...

At 23, he was functionally cured of sickle cell. Now he's ready to fly.

Daniel Cressy's illness was a barrier to getting his pilot's license, until a novel treatment was approved in the United ...
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Louisiana patient becomes first in state functionally cured of sickle cell disease

For most people, a hospital bell marks the end of treatment. For Daniel Cressy, it sounded more like ...
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‘You Can’t Really Prepare A Person Until They’re In It’: What It’s Like Dating With Sickle Cell Disease

September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month. Sickle cell anemia is a disease that is inherited genetically through a trait passed to a child by both parents, affecting the blood cells.
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India's Sickle Cell Anemia Burden: Why Certain Regions And Communities Are More Affected

Sickle Cell Disease affects 1 to 1.4 million people in India with 30 million carriers present The disease is prevalent mainly among tribal populations in specific Indian states Limited healthcare ...

Sickle cell gene therapy cure comes with access challenges for Louisiana patients

A New Orleans man became the first person in Louisiana cured of sickle cell disease through gene therapy, drawing attention to a treatment now available — but not yet widely accessible — to the ...