For most of her life, Genesis Jones’s daily routine revolved around her illness, the painful blood disorder known as sickle-cell disease. Each time she left the house, she ran through a mental ...

Over 300 abnormal hemoglobins — such as sickle cell hemoglobin — have been discovered, most of which are either neutral or harmful to their carriers, and numerous thalassemias, which result ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Sickle Cell Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Nathan Wood is 15 ...

Unum Group shares have outperformed the market, gaining 13% versus the market's 3%, driven by strong core business performance and no additional capital needed for its Closed Block. The core ...

SAFETY PROGRAM. TIME FOR FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH. WE’RE FOCUSING ON SICKLE CELL DISEASE. IT IS A PAINFUL, INHERITED CONDITION THAT PRIMARILY AFFECTS AFRICAN AMERICANS. HERE WITH SOME INSIGHT IS ...

What if hemoglobins clumped together? This is what happens in sickle cell disease. Sickle cell arises from a single point mutation in the human genome. That means that one DNA base pair in the HBB ...

It was meant to mark the first day of his new life — the day he became one of the first children ever to be treated with a newly approved gene therapy that will free him from the sickle cell ...

LOS ANGELES, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Student Zoe Davis, 20, was just weeks into her junior year when she landed back in the hospital with severe sickle cell pain earlier this month. She is doing what ...

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Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission to eliminate sickle cell disease as a public health problem by 2047, from Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh.

Sickle cell disease can cause various eye-related complications, including retinopathy. If untreated, sickle cell retinopathy can cause permanent vision loss. Treatments include laser therapy and ...