A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

Helen M. Ranney, 89, a physician who was among the first to explore the genetics of sickle-cell disease and scored a number of firsts for women in her profession, including being the first to head a ...

The Rotary Club of Accra–Airport has inaugurated a newly furnished five-consulting-room facility for the Ghana Institute of ...

People are often encouraged to “know their status,” however this healthy habit can be applied to more than just safe-sex practices. Although they are not the only community who suffers with sickle ...

A parasite that causes malaria is halted by sickle cells and makes people who carry the sickle cell trait more resistant to the disease. This is why sickle cell trait also occurs more in people who ...

Sickle cell disease refers to a group of genetic diseases that impact a protein that ferries oxygen through the blood. That protein is called hemoglobin, and in sickle cell disease, aberrant ...

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited condition that impacts red blood cells. It can cause a variety of symptoms, which may include anemia, infections, and blockages in blood vessels. Sickle cell disease ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) can affect people of any ethnicity but is much more common among Africans and African Americans. Other ethnic groups with higher rates of SCD include Hispanic Americans from ...

The federal approval of two new gene therapy treatments for sickle cell disease has created a groundbreaking option for patients. Across the nation, it is unknown how many suffer from the disease, but ...

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine and genetics professionals worldwide will be on hand at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre March ...

Mary Thomson and her husband, Kanjala, have lost their income amid changing witchdoctors, but their firstborn’s suffering has not changed. Since 2011, Ethel, 15, was frequently bedridden with severe ...