It is concerning that many people have experienced problems with haemoglobin due to haemoglobinopathies (genetically altered and/or synthesised mutations), and that most hemoglobinopathies are missed ...

Kavita Mehta is pinning her hopes on 2026 for a cure to a major blood disorder, following a breakthrough gene-editing treatment on the NHS. Ms Mehta, 36, from London, suffers from beta thalassaemia, a ...

Abu Dhabi has delivered its first gene-editing treatment for inherited blood disorders, a milestone that could change how ...

Clinical trials may soon test whether gene editing can cure a group of debilitating haemoglobin disorders. Matthew Porteus remembers the first time he treated a patient in a sickle-cell crisis. The ...

Researchers have used CRISPR gene editing -- a type of 'molecular scissors' -- to understand how deletions in one area of the genome can affect the expression of nearby genes. The work will help ...

BHUBANESWAR: The New Year seems to have ushered in a major breakthrough for thalassaemia patients with the US Food and Drug ...

In 2010 around 300,000 babies were born with sickle cell anemia, a serious blood disorder which can be fatal if untreated, and 5.5 million newborns inherited the sickle cell gene, a new study suggests ...

Kavita Mehta suffers from beta thalassaemia, a genetic condition preventing her body from producing sufficient haemoglobin ...