Local doctors are celebrating a patient and his medical milestone: A man became the first person in Louisiana to be ...

Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these ...

Daniel Cressy, 23, becomes the first person in Louisiana to be cured of sickle cell disease through gene therapy The ...

Daniel Cressy has suffered from symptoms of the painful genetic condition since birth ...

The first person to ever be cured of sickle cell anemia in Louisiana received revolutionary gene therapy. The treatment is ...

In a remarkable medical breakthrough that is giving hope to millions living with sickle cell disease, 23-year-old Daniel ...

Daniel Cressy, 23, says path leading to completion of curative gene therapy is his ‘greatest blessing’ ...

July 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved expanded use of Vertex Pharmaceuticals' gene therapy in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sickle cell disease reshapes healthy round blood cells into a sickled C-shape. As these sticky cells clump up, they can block ...

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital announced a successful bone marrow transplant for a person living with Sickle Cell Disease.

“Think of the blood vessels like a city highway,” says Elizabeth Margolskee, MD, MPH, a clinical pathologist and an associate professor of clinical pathology and laboratory medicine at the Perelman ...