A 23-year-old man has become the first patient in Louisiana to undergo a groundbreaking gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, marking a significant step forward in the fight against the ...

Doctors say new gene-based treatments could offer long-term relief — and possible cures — for people living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease has long shortened lives in the United States, ...

For generations, Sickle Cell Disease has been a devastating illness affecting millions of people around the world, ...

This story is the first in an occasional series following Louisiana’s first patients to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease. On the third floor of Manning Family Children’s Hospital in New ...

The first patient in Louisiana to receive genetically edited therapy for sickle cell disease went home this week after months in isolation at Manning Family Children's Hospital in New Orleans. Daniel ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and millions of people worldwide are living with the disease. But advances in treatment are being made. WRBL News 3 anchor Cameron ...

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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Northwestern University identified a previously unknown treatment opportunity for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia. The discovery, ...

CHANGING THE LIVES OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENTS. ONE LOCAL MAN IS FINALLY GETTING RELIEF FROM THE CRIPPLING PAIN HE’S EXPERIENCED FOR YEARS. OUR JESSICA BROWN IS HERE WITH HIS STORY. PATIENTS TELL ...

Millions of Americans have seen their health insurance premiums skyrocket since the Affordable Care Act subsidies expired at the end of December. Congress has worked to try and extend the COVID-19 era ...