Sickle Cell Disease: Born looking healthy, living with a hidden risk: Why early detection is the strongest defence against sickle cell disease

A baby born with sickle cell disease may look completely healthy in the first few months of life, making the condition easy to miss. A newborn wrapped in a blanket, sleeping peacefully in a mother’s arms, often looks like the picture of perfect health. But appearances can sometimes be misleading.For babies born with sickle cell […]

Historic achievement: Abu Dhabi successfully tests UAE first gene therapy for genetic blood disorders | World News

Abu Dhabi successfully administers UAE’s first gene therapy / Image: file On January 5, 2026, Abu Dhabi marked a truly historic moment in medical care, the first administration of a gene-therapy injection for inherited blood disorders in the UAE. The treatment, called CASGEVY, uses a precise form of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to correct faulty DNA […]