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Groundbreaking Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Approved For English NHS

GISTSMATE 015 hours ago012 mins

Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the production of an abnormal haemoglobin, known as haemoglobin S. Sickle cell disease changes the shape of blood cells into a crescent (or the shape of a sickle), hindering blood flow. This condition leads to the distortion of red blood cells into a sickle or…

First Patient To Receive Breakthrough Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Leaves Hospital

GISTSMATE 013 months ago13 mins

The first patient to undergo recently approved gene therapy for sickle cell disease, Kendric Cromer, has left the hospital. The 12-year-old has been receiving treatment at the Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., United States of America, for the past 44 days, but left the facility on Monday, reports the New York Times. Sickle cell…

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Groundbreaking Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Approved For English NHS

First Patient To Receive Breakthrough Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Leaves Hospital