This story is the first in an occasional series following Louisiana’s first patients to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease. On the third floor of Manning Family Children’s Hospital in New ...

Doctors say new gene-based treatments could offer long-term relief — and possible cures — for people living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease has long shortened lives in the United States, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in July ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Northwestern University identified a previously unknown treatment opportunity for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia. The discovery, ...

Millions of Americans have seen their health insurance premiums skyrocket since the Affordable Care Act subsidies expired at the end of December. Congress has worked to try and extend the COVID-19 era ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and millions of people worldwide are living with the disease. But advances in treatment are being made. WRBL News 3 anchor Cameron ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

Medical history has been made in Louisiana. On Tuesday, the first person in the state to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease left the hospital after a six-week-long stay. The hope is that ...

DURHAM, N.C. — For 35-year-old Marcus Mitchell, the view out of a hospital window is all too familiar. Born with sickle cell disease, the Andrews High School teacher has endured health scares and ...