News 8 is once again honoring Black history by looking at health care and the racial disparities many report facing.

Researchers at the New York Blood Center have made a breakthrough in understanding the body’s autoimmune response to sickle ...

In addition to the prolonged pain and suffering endured by sickle cell patients, a Washington University School of Medicine study has concluded that there could be a significant impact on cognitive ...

A new version of Cellpose —the popular tool that maps the boundaries of diverse cells in microscopy images —now works on less-than-perfect pictures that are noisy, blurry, or undersampled.

The first Black graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, Oscar Thompson, studied zoology, as did trailblazing Longhorn ...

Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen ...

Experts hailed exciting news for some people with sickle cell disease in England as the health watchdog decided to grant access to gene-editing therapy on the NHS.

A "groundbreaking" £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use on the NHS, offering patients with severe sickle cell disease some hope of a cure. It is believed around 1,700 people could be ...

Our independent appraisal committee has approved the use of gene editing therapy exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) for use in the NHS in England, providing a potential cure for some people with ...

A cutting-edge gene therapy has been approved for NHS use for some patients with severe sickle cell disease. Casgevy, also known as exa-cel, was the first treatment to be licensed using gene ...

A sickle cell disease “cure” is to be offered to NHS patients for the first time. The £1.65 million gene therapy called exa-cel, also known under the brand name Casgevy, uses a Nobel Prize ...