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2. Sickle cell trait - Wikipedia

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   Hematology. Sickle cell trait describes a condition in which a person has one abnormal allele of the hemoglobin beta gene (is heterozygous), but does not display the severe symptoms of sickle cell disease that occur in a person who has two copies of that allele (is homozygous). Those who are heterozygous for the sickle cell allele produce both ...

3. Medical genetics of Jews - Wikipedia

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   Prenatal testing for several genetic diseases is offered as commercial panels for Ashkenazi couples by both CIGNA and Quest Diagnostics. The CIGNA panel is available for testing for parental/preconception screening or following chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis and tests for Bloom syndrome, Canavan disease, cystic fibrosis, familial ...

4. 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 ...

5. U.S. approves two sickle cell gene therapies, which doctors ...

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   The two gene therapies are the first approved in the U.S. for sickle cell disease. The FDA has previously OK’d 15 gene therapies for other conditions. In the U.S., an estimated 100,000 people ...

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

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   By comparison, research earlier this year showed medical expenses for current sickle cell treatments, from birth to age 65, add up to about $1.6 million for women and $1.7 million for men.

7. A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. Health ...

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   By comparison, research earlier this year showed medical expenses for current sickle cell treatments, from birth to age 65, add up to about $1.6 million for women and $1.7 million for men.

8. Genetic testing - Wikipedia

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   Genetic testing is "the analysis of chromosomes (DNA), proteins, and certain metabolites in order to detect heritable disease-related genotypes, mutations, phenotypes, or karyotypes for clinical purposes." [11] It can provide information about a person 's genes and chromosomes throughout life.

9. 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 ...