Can we predict that natural selection will weed out genetic disease over time? Sickle-cell trait haplotype distribution shows the genetic advantages of this mutation. In the deoxygenated ...
Sickle cells grow into crescent shapes, instead of the round red blood cells seen in people without the gene New research suggests that the history of sickle-cell disease goes back to a mutation ...
The treatment for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, for which its discoverers were awarded the Nobel prize in 2020.