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In a historic move, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Casgevy, a powerful treatment for sickle cell disease, affecting over 100,000 Americans, primarily from the Black community.
Developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, this...
Nigeria has emerged as a country with the highest population of people with sickle cell disorder in Africa, and there is an urgent need for the government to address the disturbing trend because of the large population affected.
Co-chairperson of African Congress on Sickle Cell Disease, Dr...
A Professor of Peadeatrics and Child Health at the Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, Dominic Osaghae, has revealed that Nigeria has the highest number of victims of sickle cell disease in the world, with 47.5 million carriers.
Prof Osaghe stated this on Thursday while delivering the...
FROM years , several medicinal plants have been used in the treatment and management of the sickle cell disease. Some suppress the symptoms of the disease; some produce a positive effect on the sickled red blood cells. It is not clear though which plant species actually have a proven …
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Creating awareness on sickle cell anemia
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• Nigeria Now World’s Capital Of SCD
• Victims Of Genetic Disorder Clamour For More Haematology Clinics
Timileyin Edwins is the co-founder of CrimsonBow Sickle...
DOUALA, Cameroon, May 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting on a stool outside her wood-plank house in Cameroon, indifferent to the.....
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