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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 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.

4. FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that may ...

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   The FDA said treatment for severe sickle cell is an “unmet medical need.” When someone has sickle cell disease their red blood cells don’t function the way they should. Red blood cells are ...

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. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Wikipedia

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   The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is the third largest Institute of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, United States.It is tasked with allocating about $3.6 billion in FY 2020 [1] in tax revenue to advancing the understanding of the following issues: development and progression of disease, diagnosis of disease, treatment of disease, disease ...

8. 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.

9. FDA advisers review sickle cell treatment that could cure the ...

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   Sickle cell anemia patients have described the pain, exhaustion, and stress they face with their disease. "Part of it is the excruciating pain that you have. You can't predict it ...