People are often encouraged to “know their status,” however this healthy habit can be applied to more than just safe-sex practices. Although they are not the only community who suffers with sickle ...

A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly ...

Cristina Pina receives funding from Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group via the Little Princess Trust and the National Centre for the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of Animals in Research.

Sickle cell disease refers to a group of genetic diseases that impact a protein that ferries oxygen through the blood. That protein is called hemoglobin, and in sickle cell disease, aberrant ...

Scientists have found a potential new gene variant target to treat sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that affects about 300,000 people globally each year, with limited treatment options ...

You might have wondered why some people with sickle cell disease seem to live relatively normal lives while others spend half their time in the hospital writhing in agony from pain crises. It’s the ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Sickle Cell Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Sickle cell disease was ...

The Director of the Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics (GICG), Dr. Amma Benneh-Akwasi Kuma, has issued a clarion call for collective national and global action to support individuals living with ...

SUMMIT, N.J., July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Under the agreement, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute / National Institutes of Health will perform a human phase I clinical trial of Vascarta's ...

The Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics (GICG) successfully climaxed its 50th anniversary celebration with a grand fundraising dinner in Accra and appealed for financial assistance to equip and staff ...