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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. FDA approves two gene therapies for sickle cell, bringing ...

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   The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved two gene-based treatments for sickle cell disease, including the first therapy that uses the gene-editing technique CRISPR, opening a new era ...

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

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   The FDA is reviewing a new drug for sickle cell disease that uses CRISPR to edit DNA. Black patients with the disease are excited and hopeful about the treatment.

5. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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   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] This leads to a rigid, sickle -like shape under ...

6. Voxelotor - Wikipedia

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   Voxelotor. Voxelotor, sold under the brand name Oxbryta, is a medication used for the treatment of sickle cell disease. [1][3][4][5][6] Voxelotor is the first hemoglobin oxygen-affinity modulator. [7] Voxelotor has been shown to have disease-modifying potential by increasing hemoglobin levels and decreasing hemolysis indicators in sickle cell ...

7. 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. [1] [3] [4] [5]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 ...