Martin Mwita, 20, is the first patient in St. Louis and among the first across the country to receive a new gene therapy for ...

the child experiences anemia, fatigue, chronic pain, organ damage, and other symptoms throughout their life. Often, that life is cut short; on average, those without sickle cell anemia live 20 ...

There is a 25 percent chance that the child will have neither sickle cell anemia nor the trait which enables immunity to malaria. Finally, the chances that their child will have two copies of the ...

Hydroxyurea remains effective over the long term among children with sickle cell disease, real-world data suggested. The ...

A 21-year-old Long Island patient has been cured of sickle cell anemia thanks to a gene therapy ... For Beauzile and his mother, Magda Lamour, words do not even begin to describe their gratitude ...

MONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- An oral chemotherapy drug can safely and effectively manage sickle cell disease in children ... improves anemia, and reduces the risk of clots blocking ...