Tag: sickle cell anemia

  • Nation & World

    A promise to a friend

    Wei Hsi “Ariel” Yeh dedicated her research in chemistry to solving some of the vast genetic mysteries behind hearing loss.

    4 minutes
    Person wearing hearing aid.
  • Nation & World

    A crisper CRISPR

    Fewer off-target edits and greater targeting scope bring gene editing technology closer to treating human diseases.

    6 minutes
    David Liu.
  • Nation & World

    Making bone marrow transplants safer

    Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists have taken the first steps toward developing a treatment that would make bone marrow-blood stem cell transplantation safer.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Dialing down sickle cell disease

    Flipping a single molecular switch can reverse illness in an animal model of sickle cell disease, according to a study by Harvard researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Richardson Fellowships are awarded

    The Class of 2007 recipients of the Elliot and Anne Richardson Fellowships in Public Service will help others in locations from Ghana to Los Angeles, aiding teenagers with sickle cell anemia and assisting low-income students to prepare for entry into top colleges.

    3 minutes