A team at the Case Western Reserve University has been awarded up to $3.7 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to conduct early studies of emerging gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD). Led by Umut Gurkan,…
Sickle cell anemia, although best characterized by chronic anemia, pain, and vascular occlusion, is also associated with strokes and cognitive problems in children, and magnetic resonance imaging is key to proper monitoring and managing of the disease, researchers in China reported. Researchers at the Xuzhou Children’s Hospital highlighted the neurological complications of…
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