Can we predict that natural selection will weed out genetic disease over time? Sickle-cell trait haplotype distribution shows the genetic advantages of this mutation. In the deoxygenated ...

After creating the first practical animal model for sickle cell disease, Tim Townes's team used it to test an experimental technique that could reframe the debate over stem cell research. Great ...

Would it be a cure for my sickle cell disease? It was a decision I could think about making because my sister was a genetic match and could donate her stem cells. Most with sickle cell don’t ...

A sickle cell disease “cure” is to be offered to NHS patients for the first time. The £1.65 million gene therapy called exa-cel, also known under the brand name Casgevy, uses a Nobel Prize ...

The evolutionary link between sickle-cell trait and malaria resistance showed ... While malaria is the best-understood example of an infectious disease that has driven human evolution, numerous ...

A "groundbreaking" £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use on the NHS, offering patients with severe sickle cell disease some hope of a cure. It is believed around 1,700 people could be ...