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What in the World – How a $2m treatment cured my sickle cell disease

Available for over a yearSickle cell is a genetic blood condition that can cause severe pain, extreme tiredness and serious…

4 weeks ago

Lifesaving stem cell centre in Nottingham welcomes first donors

Rob Sissons, East Midlands health correspondentBBCJordan was one of the first donors to give stem cells at the new centre,…

11 months ago

NHS to offer ‘groundbreaking’ sickle cell gene therapy

It is a multi-step process. First, blood stem cells from a patient's bone marrow (where all blood cells originate) are…

2 years ago

Human Cell Atlas project transforms understanding of human body

Another discovery showed how the human skeleton forms in the womb in the weeks after conception.First a scaffold of cartilage,…

2 years ago

Blue spot: Mum held in police cell after birthmark mistake

Det Ch Insp Gemma Anacora, from Hampshire Constabulary, said police automatically become involved when a case was referred as a…

2 years ago