A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as ...

Africa accounts for the majority of global births affected by the condition, yet universal newborn screening remains rare.

In November 2023, the UK became the first country in the world to authorise a Crispr gene-editing therapy.

After 35 years of consistent pain, Allan Byamukama became one of the few individuals in the world cured of sickle cell ...

KISUMU, Kenya, Jan 26 -- Victoria Hospital in Kisumu, an annex of the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH), has become the first public hospital in Kenya to acquire a ...

Sickle cell patients are fighting to save a specialist NHS unit they rely on during pain crises, warning that A&E delays and ...

When it was announced in 2023 that the world’s first Crispr-based gene-editing therapy had been approved in the UK there was ...

Health officials said the decision was taken to use tribal languages after facing challenges in communicating health messages in the remote tribal belts.

Pune: A research team from the department of chemistry at SPPU has developed an AI-enabled digital platform titled ‘Sickle ...

The Sickle Cell Day Unit at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, London, remains under threat following a temporary six-month trial, prompting sustained opposition from patients, families, and ...

The lifelong effects of rare blood disorder diagnoses in childhood are being analysed in a first-of-its-kind study led by the ...