News 8 is once again honoring Black history by looking at health care and the racial disparities many report facing.

In addition to the prolonged pain and suffering endured by sickle cell patients, a Washington University School of Medicine study has concluded that there could be a significant impact on cognitive ...

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital partners with Eye See Me African Bookstore to provide books promoting ...

RTCB is required for the splicing of both tRNA and XBP1 mRNA, whereas the DDX1 enzymatic activity is specifically required for tRNA splicing in vivo. Snaebjornsson et al. explore a selective ...

Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the production of an abnormal haemoglobin, known as ...

She put together a list of books for infants to 12th grade ... resulting in a myriad of symptoms – including anemia and severe fatigue. Data from Sickle Cell Speaks shows people of African descent ...

A "groundbreaking" £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use on the NHS, offering patients with severe sickle cell disease some hope of a cure. It is believed around 1,700 people could be ...

Our independent appraisal committee has approved the use of gene editing therapy exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) for use in the NHS in England, providing a potential cure for some people with ...

A sickle cell disease “cure” is to be offered to NHS patients for the first time. The £1.65 million gene therapy called exa-cel, also known under the brand name Casgevy, uses a Nobel Prize ...

Would the transplant work? What would it look like to have a successful stem cell transplant? Would it be a cure for my sickle cell disease? It was a decision I could think about making because my ...

LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Britain's National Health Service (NHS) will provide a cutting-edge gene therapy that aims to cure sickle cell disease, the National Institute for Health and Care ...