A patient with sickle cell disease died while participating in a clinical trial of a CRISPR-based treatment from Beam Therapeutics, threatening to overshadow early signals of effective gene editing.

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--bluebird bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUE) today announced that new and updated data from its lentiviral vector (LVV) gene addition programs in patients with sickle cell disease who have ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Three-term U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown noted the irony of his being endorsed by Republican former Ohio Governor Bob Taft, scion of one of the most esteemed Republican families in ...

puts us on a clear path to develop a potentially first- and best-in-class in vivo gene edited medicine for the treatment of sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia,” commented Gilmore O’Neill ...

Editas Medicine said Tuesday it will license out or partner its lead sickle cell treatment, the latest shift for a tarantella company that has repeatedly switched direction and leadership since ...

Republican car dealer and blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno defeated Senate Banking Chairman Sherrod Brown in Ohio, ousting the Democratic party’s most prominent populist and putting the GOP ...

using Editas Medicine’s proprietary targeted LNP in a key step to developing a novel in vivo treatment for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia On track to share additional clinical and ...

Sen. Sherrod Brown repeated the same refrain as he navigated the toughest campaign of his political career: "It's always been Ohio." On Tuesday, it was Ohio that helped Republicans win control of ...

Incumbent Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown has cast his ballot Tuesday in Cleveland.Brown is looking to remain in Congress and fend off a challenge from Republican Bernie Moreno.In the final poll ...