A 21-year-old man has become the first person in New York—and one of the first in the world—to be cured of sickle cell anemia. A novel form of gene therapy enabled the man to receive a life-changing ...

A 24-hour-a-day emergency blood transfusion service described as a "lifeline" for patients has opened.James Cook Hospital in ...

Sebastien Beauzile became the first person in NY to be made symptom-free after undergoing a new type of gene therapy.

A sickle cell gene therapy treatment has allowed a Long Island man to turn a chapter in his life, with doctors declaring him ...

Share This Post Facebook Pinterest Twitter LinkedinAccording to Mayo Clinic, sickle cell disease affects the shape of red ...

Some times, the patients require blood transfusion, he says ... but knows he has some health issue,” he says. “Sickle Cell Anaemia has been ravaging tribal communities for decades.

A donation of blood is a gift of one’s self to another human being they will likely never meet. On April 5, St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church will join forces with Moms Demand Action, an advocacy ...

Blood and platelets cannot be manufactured, and they can only come from volunteer donors.

Boxer Outreach Club Advisor and Brockton High School English teacher Yvette Joyce said the main focus of the blood drive is spreading awareness for sickle cell disease, but the drive will also ...

A 24-hour-a-day emergency blood transfusion service described as a ... Dami Olorunfemi, 40, was born with sickle cell disease and said the symptoms were "excruciatingly painful", affecting ...