Prosper Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease

09/04/2020

September is Sickle Cell month!

09/04/2020

United Health studies-covid-19 risks with sickle-cell

The new study, financed by Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group, asks if there's also a greater risk for carriers of sickle cell trait — a much larger group that includes about 8% of Black Americans.

06/19/2020

Today is World’s Sickle Cell Day!
Thanks for joining us in raising awareness for this disease 🙏🏾🙏🏾

12/27/2019

New sickle cell treatment shows promise
A gene-editing technique known as CRISPR has appeared to change a woman's cells and could lead to improvement in her sickle cell disease. So far, just one person has undergone the treatment, but more studies will be done.

NPR tells the exclusive, behind-the-scenes story of the first person with a genetic disorder to be treated in the United States with the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR.

11/23/2019

The Sickle Cell Awareness Walkathon was successful despite the cold weather in Dallas. We want to thank our Board of Directors, our donors, sponsors, participants and the Muyinda family for the free turkey giveaway. Thank you all 🙏🏾🙏🏾

10/16/2019

Please join us. We need collaborators and sponsors!

10/08/2019

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191002102804.htm

Researchers have developed a new and improved viral vector -- a virus-based vehicle that delivers therapeutic genes -- for use in gene therapy for sickle cell disease. In advanced lab tests using animal models, the new vector was up to 10 times more efficient at incorporating corrective genes into b...

10/03/2019

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/08/05/us-sickle-cell-patient-first-to-receive-experimental-crispr-treatment-for-genetic-disorder/

For the first time, doctors in the U.S. have used the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to treat a patient with a genetic disorder. "It is

09/07/2019

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month!!!

06/19/2019

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Today June 19th is World Sickle Cell Day. Do you know your genotype??? Go to www.pffsc.org to support our campaign for awareness 🙏🙏

12/16/2018

https://www.scdjournal.com/

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