A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders resulting from a mutation in the hemoglobin protein in red blood cells. This mutation changes the shape of the blood cells from round, ...

Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...

Sickle cell anemia is the world's most common genetic disorder. It causes the red blood pigment hemoglobin to crystallize, ...

CS-101 is Shanghai-based CorrectSequence's lead candidate, which it is developing for treating sickle-cell disease and ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...