Charles Gersbach and his colleagues are pursuing promising CRISPR technologies focused on controlling gene activity rather ...

India has developed BIRSA 101, its first indigenous CRISPR gene therapy for sickle cell disease, using a more precise ...

Two papers published in The New England Journal of Medicine highlight the potential of gene editing for treatment of sickle ...

Dr. Swee Lay Thein and Dr. Stuart Orkin won the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their work toward a ...

Victoria Gray, the first person cured of sickle cell using CRISPR gene editing therapies, spoke in Fargo about her journey and the need to lower the $2M treatment cost. Victoria Gray, cured of sickle ...

For years, researchers have been trying to figure out how to treat inherited blood disorders like sickle cell disease without causing new health problems in the process. Now, a team of scientists from ...

Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, has been qualified by Vertex Pharmaceuticals as one of a of a limited number of ...

—Over 8,000 patients 12 years of age and older with severe SCD or TDT may be eligible for treatment— ZUG, Switzerland and BOSTON, Feb. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CRISPR Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CRSP), ...

A CRISPR Therapy Just Cured A Disease From Inside The Body For The First Time. The Gene-Editing Era Officially Started Monday ...

Following its FDA-approved Casgevy therapy for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia, CRISPR technology is now being tested in autoimmune disorders and early Down syndrome studies. CRISPR ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Groundbreaking advancements in Sickle Cell treatment are changing and saving lives nationwide. For decades, patients with Sickle Cell Disease have lived with pain, complications ...