Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This ...

EXPERTS have revealed the face of a 350-year-old 'vampire' after her skeleton was unearthed with a sickle around her neck and a padlock on her foot. The skeleton of an 18-year-old woman who has ...

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When video of a dog at the top of an Egyptian pyramid in Giza went viral last week, tens of millions of social media users were simultaneously delighted and baffled. How did the dog get up there ...

Sickle cell disease is a hereditary condition, which means a person inherits it from their biological parents. The condition occurs when a person inherits two copies of the hemoglobin beta (HBB ...

Editas Medicine said Tuesday it will license out or partner its lead sickle cell treatment, the latest shift for a tarantella company that has repeatedly switched direction and leadership since ...

A 12-year-old boy has become the first patient in the U.S. to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease, The New York Times reported Oct. 21. Kendric Cromer began treatment with Bluebird bio's ...

Video of a dog venturing to the top of one of Egypt's Great Pyramids has gone mega-viral. The dog ventured up to the 448-foot tall Pyramid of Khafre is one of the three Ancient Egyptian Pyramids ...

Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock (left) is leading the prosecution against Workers' Party secretary-general Pritam Singh, while representing the defence team is lawyer Andre Jumabhoy.

He had just become the first patient to receive a gene therapy for sickle cell since it was approved ... around the neck of a little stuffed dog. “If I needed anything I would shake it ...

In the wake of Pfizer’s voluntary market withdrawal of the popular sickle cell disease therapy, BioSpace looks at five investigational drugs currently making their way through the pipeline. “[Oxbryta] ...