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  2. Lovotibeglogene autotemcel - Wikipedia

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    Lovotibeglogene autotemcel, sold under the brand name Lyfgenia, is a lentiviral gene therapy used for the treatment of sickle cell disease. [1] [3] [4] [5]The most common side effects include stomatitis (mouth sores of the lips, mouth, and throat), low levels of platelets, white blood cells, and red blood cells, and febrile neutropenia (fever and low white blood cell count), consistent with ...

  3. FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first ... - AOL

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    The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a powerful treatment for sickle cell disease, a devastating illness that affects more than 100,000 Americans, the majority of whom are Black.

  4. New sickle cell treatment sparks feelings of hope and some ...

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    The FDA is reviewing a new drug for sickle cell disease that uses CRISPR to edit DNA. Black patients with the disease are excited and hopeful about the treatment.

  5. Transfusion therapy (Sickle-cell disease) - Wikipedia

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    Red cell alloimmunisation is common in people with sickle cell disease who receive transfusions in Europe and North America. [4] This is because there are ethnic differences in the frequencies of blood group antigens. [4] Blood donors are usually Caucasian whereas the blood transfusion recipients usually have an African or Afro-Caribbean ancestry.

  6. FDA advisers review sickle cell treatment that could cure the ...

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    The FDA is reviewing a drug that could cure sickle cell anemia. Right now bone marrow or stem cell transplants are the only FDA-approved cures. FDA advisers review sickle cell treatment that could ...

  7. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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    In 2013, the Uganda Sickle Cell Rescue Foundation was established to spread awareness of sickle cell disease and combat the social stigma attached to the disease. [191] In addition to this organization's efforts, there is a need for the inclusion of sickle cell disease education in preexisting community health education programs in order to ...

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