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2. FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first ... - AOL

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   December 8, 2023 at 1:19 PM. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a powerful treatment for sickle cell disease, a devastating illness that affects more than 100,000 Americans, the ...

3. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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   114,800 (2015) [8] Sickle cell disease ( SCD ), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of hemoglobin-related blood disorders typically inherited. [2] The most common type is known as sickle cell anemia. [2] It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells. [2]

4. FDA approves gene therapy for sickle cell disease: 'One ... - AOL

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   Sickle cell is the most common disease to receive approval for gene therapy treatment, following decades of development and years of approvals for therapy for people with rarer conditions.

5. A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. FDA ... - AOL

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   This microscope photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows crescent-shaped red blood cells from a sickle cell disease patient in 1972.

6. Hydroxycarbamide - Wikipedia

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   Hydroxycarbamide. Hydroxycarbamide, also known as hydroxyurea, is a medication used in sickle-cell disease, essential thrombocythemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, polycythemia vera, and cervical cancer. [3] [4] In sickle-cell disease it increases fetal hemoglobin and decreases the number of attacks. [3] It is taken by mouth.

7. Fetal hemoglobin - Wikipedia

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   Fetal hemoglobin, or foetal haemoglobin (also hemoglobin F, HbF, or α2γ2) is the main oxygen carrier protein in the human fetus. Hemoglobin F is found in fetal red blood cells, and is involved in transporting oxygen from the mother's bloodstream to organs and tissues in the fetus. It is produced at around 6 weeks of pregnancy [1] and the ...

8. New sickle cell treatment sparks feelings of hope and some ...

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   While sickle cell disease is most known for causing severe pain, patients can experience stroke, heart disease, organ damage and a dangerous condition called acute chest syndrome caused by ...

9. Lovotibeglogene autotemcel - Wikipedia

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   Lovotibeglogene autotemcel, sold under the brand name Lyfgenia, is a lentiviral gene therapy used for the treatment of sickle cell disease.. The most common side effects include stomatitis (mouth sores of the lips, mouth, and throat), low levels of platelets, white blood cells, and red blood cells, and febrile neutropenia (fever and low white blood cell count), consistent with chemotherapy and ...