Sickle cell trait is where a person carries a single mutated hemoglobin A beta subunit allele. Usually, two mutated copies of this gene are needed to cause sickle cell disease (SCD). Typically, people ...

Globin-gene mutations are a rare but important cause of cyanosis. We identified a missense mutation in the fetal Gγ-globin gene (HBG2) in a father and daughter with transient neonatal cyanosis and ...

Researchers advancing gene-editing techniques to help patients with sickle cell disease discover an unexpected boost in fetal hemoglobin production, which mutes the effect of the disease. Help for ...

Adenosine base editing restarted fetal hemoglobin expression in cells from patients with sickle cell disease. Gene therapy that alters hemoglobin genes may be an answer to curing sickle cell disease ...

(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – October 12, 2022) Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have shown how a protein responsible for adapting to low oxygen conditions (hypoxia), causes increased ...

Gene therapy that alters hemoglobin genes may be an answer to curing sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta thalassemia. These two common life-threatening anemias afflict millions of individuals across ...

Scientists found base editing increased fetal hemoglobin production in a new treatment for sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia. Base editing can be preferable in curing sickle cell disease: Study ...