Sebastien Beauzile became the first person in NY to be made symptom-free after undergoing a new type of gene therapy.

Sebastien Beauzile, 21, is the first New Yorker to have received the breakthrough Lyfgenia treatment, according to the New ...

For the first time, two U.S. teenagers with sickle cell disease will be able to go swimming on their spring break, thanks to ...

Sickle cell disease fundamentally changes how red blood cells function in the body. Instead of maintaining their normal disc shape, these cells become rigid and crescent-shaped when deoxygenated ...

A sickle cell gene therapy treatment has allowed a Long Island man to turn a chapter in his life, with doctors declaring him ...

“You might carry the gene (or trait) for sickle cell disorder and not even know it,” says Virginia Tshibangu, a Clinical ...

causing red blood cells to take on a sickle or crescent shape. This shape means that cells get stuck in blood vessels and block them, causing extreme pain or fatal long-term complications ...

While not all chronic diseases can be prevented, one of the best ways to stay healthy is to take preventive health care ...

Sickle cell is the most common genetic blood disorder in the UK with approximately 17,500 people living with the condition. The disease which typically affects people of African and Caribbean ...

Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited haemoglobinopathy in Tanzania, with 11 000– 14 000 children born with the ...

Aaron Scott was diagnosed with sickle cell at birth. Sickle cell is a genetic blood disorder that affects the protein which effects the shape and function of red blood cells. The disorder largely ...