Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye, a doctor, sorts through the difference between sickle cell anemia and sickle cell disease — and ...

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Discover the current pipeline candidates advancing through the clinic for the treatment of sickle cell disease.

Sickle cell disease can lead to a severe complication known as acute chest syndrome (ACS), but the underlying mechanisms are ...

Sickle cell disease can lead to a severe complication known as acute chest syndrome (ACS), but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. A new study by Mass General Brigham investigators ...

CMS has reached agreements with drug manufacturers to provide gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease to Medicaid recipients under a new outcomes-based model. A total of 33 states, including the ...

The model was initially launched by the Biden administration in February 2023, and CMS announced that SCD would be the first focus of the model the following January. This is the ...