Major is one of the first pediatric patients in Florida to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease since the FDA ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — One of Vanderbilt's latest studies has found a cure for sickle cell disease. Sickle cell is a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood cell proteins. It often ...

For patients with a rare type of blood cancer, treatment might finally be coming out of the Dark Ages. People with the chronic condition polycythemia vera make too many red blood cells, thickening ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of the first hematopoietic stem cell transplant therapy to treat ...

CAR T-cell therapy re-engineers immune cells to target and eradicate high-risk blood cancers, offering potential cures where traditional chemotherapy fails. Initially requiring inpatient care due to ...

Preliminary results from two trials of the gene therapy exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) suggest the therapy offers an ...

Polycythemia vera is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm with excessive red blood cell production, increasing thrombotic risk. Stage 1 PV management includes phlebotomy, low-dose aspirin, ...

Around 2% to 3% of the Nigerian population has sickle cell disease (SCD), while about 25% of Nigerians carry the sickle cell trait, making it a major public health concern. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) ...

Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia, or JMML, is a rare and aggressive childhood blood cancer that mostly affects kids under ...

Stem cell transplants have emerged as a vital treatment option, and often the only cure, for many patients battling blood cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Stem cells are often ...