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- Casgevy markedly reduced rates of VOCs in SCD patients: Trial data
The now-approved gene-editing therapy Casgevy reduced rates of vaso-occlusive crises among sickle cell patients in a trial, data show.
- A 12-Year-Old Is First to Start New Sickle Cell Treatment
He's the first patient outside of a clinical trial to start a new genetic treatment that was shown in clinical trials to cure 88% of people of the hallmark symptoms of sickle cell disease.
- First Sickle Cell Disease Patient Prepares to Get Bluebird Bio's Lyfgenia
A patient at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC, will be the first to receive the gene therapy outside of a clinical trial.
- First Patient Begins Newly Approved Sickle Cell Gene Therapy
A 12-year-old boy in the Washington, D.C., area faces months of procedures to remedy his disease. “I want to be cured,” he said.
- FDA approves new sickle cell disease treatment
CRISPR modifies patients' blood stem cells. The modified stem cells then increase the production of the protein in red blood cells. Increasing the protein prevents red blood cells from becoming ...
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- New research identifies a larger pool of genes involved in age-related blood cell mutations than previously thought
Scientists have discovered 17 additional genes that drive the abnormal overgrowth of mutated blood cells as we age. The findings, published 14 May in Nature Genetics, provide a more complete view of ...
- See the most detailed map of human brain matter ever created
All that complexity is on display in a study documenting the construction of this bit of comprehensive brain map or “connectome,” published May 9 in the journal Science. The first connectome was of a ...
- Red Blood Cell (RBC) Count Test: Results and What They Mean
A red blood cell count test measures how many red blood cells (RBCs) are in your blood. The red blood cells, or erythrocytes, have hemoglobin – a protein that transports oxygen to all parts of ...
- News tagged with red blood cell
A recent breakthrough sheds light on how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, invades human red blood cells. The study, led by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH ...
- Dynamic Adaptation of Nutrient Utilization in Humans
But not all human cells possess mitochondria! Although that may sound strange, human red blood cells are the most common cells lacking mitochondria. Other examples include tissues of the eyes ...
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