Finally, the researchers injected these partially differentiated cells into sickle cell mice that had been treated with radiation to kill their own blood stem cells. (sciencemag.org)
An overabundance of the bacteria Veillonella in the digestive tract may increase pain in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). (sciencedaily.com)
But more importantly, the researchers write, they developed a protocol that scientists can use to edit out the mutation for sickle cell disease, but for pretty much any other disease that has a genetic component. (vocativ.com)