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A "groundbreaking" £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use on the NHS, offering patients with severe sickle cell disease some hope of a cure. It is believed around 1,700 people could be ...

What would it look like to have a successful stem cell transplant? Would it be a cure for my sickle cell disease? It was a decision I could think about making because my sister was a genetic match ...

As winter sets in, homeowners may notice more icicles forming on their rooftops. While they may appear picturesque, these ...

“Like someone is jamming a knife in me,” he said. But for a brief moment on a recent December morning, Wedam, 19, who has sickle cell disease, allowed himself to believe what his doctors had ...

Though some snow is possible with this system, the main weather threat will be freezing rain, and thus ice, forecasters said. The ice on the roads could lead to dangerous to "impossible" travel ...

Kruer doesn't always make animals, however, and has made chess pieces in the past. The ice dragon of Edgewood has icicle fangs and its tail guards the neighborhood's Little Library.

Black ice is a well-known weather slang term for patchy ice that cannot be seen on roadways or other surfaces. In its typical form, black ice is completely transparent, only called "black" because ...

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The Kenya Ice Lions have made vast strides since the team was founded in 2016 In Nairobi, the average temperature is more than 20C, yet there is one place in Kenya's capital where it does not even ...

NHS patients with sickle cell disease will be able to benefit from a groundbreaking gene-editing treatment that offers the prospect of a cure for the condition. The one-off gene therapy, known as ...