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2. U.S. approves two sickle cell gene therapies, which doctors ...

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   The two gene therapies are the first approved in the U.S. for sickle cell disease. The FDA has previously OK’d 15 gene therapies for other conditions. In the U.S., an estimated 100,000 people ...

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

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   December 8, 2023 at 10:19 AM. 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 ...

4. A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. FDA ... - AOL

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   The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure that attacks the disorder at its genetic source.

5. Voxelotor - Wikipedia

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   Voxelotor. Voxelotor, sold under the brand name Oxbryta, is a medication used for the treatment of sickle cell disease. [1][3][4][5][6] Voxelotor is the first hemoglobin oxygen-affinity modulator. [7] Voxelotor has been shown to have disease-modifying potential by increasing hemoglobin levels and decreasing hemolysis indicators in sickle cell ...

6. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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   34,000 p.a. (a contributory factor to a further 376,000 p.a.) [7] 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 ...

7. FDA approves gene therapy for sickle cell disease: 'One ... - AOL

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   Sickle cell is the most common disease to receive approval for gene therapy treatment, following decades of development and years of approvals for therapy for people with rarer conditions.

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

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   Transfusion therapy for sickle-cell disease entails the use of red blood cell transfusions in the management of acute cases of sickle cell disease and as a prophylaxis to prevent complications by decreasing the number of red blood cells (RBC) that can sickle by adding normal red blood cells. [. citation needed.

9. A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. Health ...

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   The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. On Tuesday, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will review a gene therapy for the inherited blood ...