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The FDA just approved the first gene editing therapy for sickle cell anemia, but it'll cost $2.2 million per person
The FDA approved the first ever gene therapies offering a "functional cure" for sickle cell anemia,…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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My daughter was diagnosed with a blood disease when I was just learning English. I want to help other families in our situation.
The author says her daughter's diagnosis made her want to help families like hers who are navigatin…
Kelly Burch
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New York Jets running back Tevin Coleman: Sickle-cell trait threatened my career. Now, I'm raising a daughter with sickle-cell disease.
After the birth of their twins, the couple knew a diagnosis was coming for their daughter; she had …
Kelly Burch
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World Sickle Cell Day: Patients with SCD and COVID-19
New Delhi, June 18 (IANSlife) While the coronavirus pandemic continues to rattle the world, a certa…
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India to face 'tsunami' of chronic diseases like cancer: US-based oncologist
India will face a tsunami of chronic diseases such as cancer due to globalization, a growing econom…
PTI
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Million-dollar drugs are on the way to treat rare and devastating diseases. The US is scrambling to figure out how to pay for them.
Pharma giants are pouring billions into the promising space. In the last week alone, Swiss drug gia…
Emma Court
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The treatment that cured 2 men of HIV may also help with a remarkable array of more than 70 deadly diseases
Effective HIV treatments also make it possible today for the estimated 1.1 million Americans who li…
Emma Court
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Scientists just got a step closer to treating incurable diseases using a revolutionary gene-editing tool
Getting to the point when we can safely and accurately edit genes to treat Huntington's disease wit…
Kevin Loria
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An 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody was denied an ambulance at least 3 times, report says
8-year-old Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez died on May 17 in Texas after complaining about "fever, flu-…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Chrissy Teigen banked all her kids' cord blood. An OB/GYN says all parents should consider doing it.
Banking cord blood is expensive but can be used to treat blood cancers, anemia, immune deficiencies…
Kelly Burch
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Bloodsuckers or bloated corpses? How science has tried to explain vampire myths.
People believed to be vampires in real life may have had a disease. Here's how people throughout hi…
Jenny McGrath
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The mother of an 8-year-old who died in Border Patrol custody says her cries for medical help went ignored: 'They didn't do anything for her'
The mother of Anadith Tanay Reyes Álvarez, who died in Border Patrol custody last week, says the ag…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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How a gene-editing breakthrough from a Harvard lab saved the life of a girl with leukemia
A 13-year-old girl became the first-ever patient to receive a base-editing therapy, and her leukemi…
Andrew Dunn
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Scientists grew blood in a lab and transplanted it into people for the first time
Lab-grown blood could increase the options available for people with rare blood types and disorders…
Andrea Michelson
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How much zinc you need each day and signs you've taken too much
Zinc is essential for overall health, but you can still consume too much. Here's what to know about…
Adam Barnes,Kailey Proctor
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Healthcare's transformative leaders are looking to upend the industry by building on the pandemic's scientific advancements
Insider found 10 leaders meaningfully changing science and medicine. They're looking to build a sys…
Mohana Ravindranath
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How to tell if you have hemochromatosis, a condition that causes too much iron in your blood
Hemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic conditions and can be life-threatening — he…
Ashley Laderer,Jason McKnight
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A mom is registering Black bone marrow donors to help save her 14 year-old son
When Kimberly Crompton found out that her 14-year-old had cancer, she set out to help address the i…
Kelly Burch
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It doesn't matter whether you orgasm or when you have sex. There's no way to control the sex of your baby, doctors say.
Old wives' tales claim to predict what sex your baby will be, but doctors say the only way to know …
Kelly Burch
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Welcome to open season for COVID-19 booster shots
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky overruled the agency's advisors to make Pfizer's booster available t…