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  2. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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    Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of hemoglobin-related blood disorders typically inherited. [2] The most common type is known as sickle cell anemia. [2] It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells. [2] This leads to a rigid, sickle -like shape under ...

  3. Exagamglogene autotemcel - Wikipedia

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    DrugBank. DB15572. UNII. S53L777GM8. KEGG. D12749. Exagamglogene autotemcel, sold under the brand name Casgevy, is a gene therapy used for the treatment of sickle cell disease [1][3] and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia. [1] It was developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics.

  4. Colony of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Colony of Virginia. The Colony of Virginia was a British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the colony was abandoned.

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

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    The FDA on Friday also approved a second treatment for sickle cell disease, called Lyfgenia, a gene therapy from drugmaker Bluebird Bio. Both treatments work by genetically modifying a patient’s ...

  6. The world's first gene therapy for sickle cell disease has ...

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    Britain's regulator said its decision to authorize the gene therapy for sickle cell disease was based on a study done on 29 patients, of whom 28 reported having no severe pain problems for at ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Promising new gene therapies for sickle cell are out of reach ...

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    The price tags for the two sickle cell therapies in the U.S. are $3.1 million and $2.2 million although costs can vary by country. The process of giving the therapies is just as big a hurdle.

  9. List of colonists at Roanoke - Wikipedia

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    The list denotes 107 men who served under Lane, for a total of 108 colonists. [1] A point of contention among historians is that John White is not listed among the 1585 colonists. [2]: 259 White is known to have arrived at Roanoke with the colonists, but there is no record of him remaining with the colony through the winter or returning to ...