sickle cell disease
The revolutionary sickle cell therapies
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Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Yuko, Ph.D., is a bioethicist and writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Washington ...
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The healthcare industry has proved to be a remarkably resilient place for investors. Generally speaking, the kinds of products and services that ...
Experimental gene therapy allows kids with inherited deafness to hear
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Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear. A small study published Wednesday documents significantly restored hearing in ...
US FDA approves Vertex/CRISPR gene therapy for an inherited blood disorder
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The headquarters of US biopharmaceutical company Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston, Massachusets, on November 4, 2023. Joseph Prezioso | Afp | Getty Images ...
FDA approves two gene therapies for sickle cell, bringing hope to thousands with the disease
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The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved two gene-based treatments for sickle cell disease, including the first therapy that uses ...
US approves two gene therapies for sickle cell disease
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By Leroy Leo (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved a pair of gene therapies for sickle cell ...
UK becomes 1st country to approve gene therapy treatment for sickle cell, thalassemia
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that ...
US FDA advisers to determine need for more studies of Vertex/CRISPR gene therapy
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By Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s staff reviewers on Friday asked the regulator’s advisory panel to consider the ...
A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. Health advisers will review it next week
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The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure ...