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Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...

A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly developed form of CRISPR at UNSW Sydney points to a safer way of treating ...

Fifteen-year-old Jayden Wilsey of Falmouth is the first person at Boston Children's Hospital to receive human gene therapy for sickle cell disease, following approval of the therapy in 2024 by the U.S ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up When Dr. Ambroise Wonkam walked into a panel on medical genetics ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued final draft guidance recommending a CRISPR gene editing-based treatment for severe sickle cell disease (SCD). The regulator said ...

The need to change regulations around gene-editing treatments was endorsed in November by the head of the US Food and Drug ...

People are often encouraged to “know their status,” however this healthy habit can be applied to more than just safe-sex practices. Although they are not the only community who suffers with sickle ...

Gene-editing kicked off 2024 with a bang in the medical sector but closed the year with a whimper. It started with the FDA ...

You might have wondered why some people with sickle cell disease seem to live relatively normal lives while others spend half their time in the hospital writhing in agony from pain crises. It’s the ...

Vence L. Bonham Jr., Acting Deputy Director at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and an investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) Division of Intramural ...