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Last Posted: May 04, 2018

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• A much-needed sickle cell drug reaches a critical readout. Here’s what you need to know  
  A Feurstein, Stat News Plus, May 4, 2018
• Cryo-EM Images Capture Key Enzyme Tied to Cancer, Aging  
  NIH Director Blog, May 1, 2018
• Doctors cure seven adult patients of sickle cell disease using stem cells  
  The Guardian, Apr 27, 2018
• Education of parents and providers is needed to optimize life-saving immunizations for children with sickle cell disease.  
  Long Sarah S et al. The Journal of pediatrics 2018 May 1963
• Gene therapy reduces need for transfusions in severe blood disorder  
  NIH Research Matters, May 1, 2018
• NIH statement on World Asthma Day 2018  
  NIH video: patients and scientists work together to advance asthma research.
• Molecular Basis and Genetic Modifiers of Thalassemia.  
  Mettananda Sachith et al. Hematology/oncology clinics of North America 2018 Apr (2) 177-191
• Assessment of the interlaboratory variability and robustness of JAK2V617F mutation assays: A study involving a consortium of 19 Italian laboratories.  
  Perricone Margherita et al. Oncotarget 2017 May 8(20) 32608-32617
• Gene Therapy as a Curative Option for β-Thalassemia.  
  Biffi Alessandra et al. The New England journal of medicine 2018 378(16) 1551-1552
• Gene therapy helps patients avoid blood transfusion, study says  
  CNN, Apr 19, 2018
• Gene Therapy in Patients with Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassemia.  
  Thompson Alexis A et al. The New England journal of medicine 2018 378(16) 1479-1493
• Genome Editing- Altering a genome with unparalleled efficiency and precision.  
  NHGRI, Apr 24, 2018
• Minor operations: Genetic testing for children and adolescents presents complex ethical issues  
  L Beil, Genome Magazine, Apr 2018
• Should Premarital Screening for Blood Disorders be an Obligatory Measure in Oman?  
  Al-Balushi Amal A et al. Sultan Qaboos University medical journal 2018 Feb 18(1) e24-e29
• Views of parents of children with sickle cell disease on pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.  
  Darbari Isha et al. Pediatric blood & cancer 2018 Apr e27102