All sickle cell disease
June 5, 2024
UIC part of groundbreaking sickle-cell studyThe gene-editing treatment is now approved by the FDA
February 6, 2023
Marketing study of sickle cell patients looks at effects of racism on the adoption of innovative therapiesThe study focused on consumers impacted by sickle cell disease
January 20, 2021
CRISPR technology to potentially cure sickle cell disease at UICUIC will be participating in clinical trials to cure severe red blood congenital diseases such as sickle cell anemia or Thalassemia by safely modifying the DNA of patients’ blood cells using CRISPR technology.
October 5, 2020
$7.1M grant to review opioid alternatives to treating sickle cell disease painFive-year study looks at acupuncture and guided meditation to manage sickle cell disease pain
February 12, 2020
UIC students spearhead AMA’s new sickle cell resolutionMedical association to create plan for school-age children with sickle cell disease
April 24, 2018
‘Incompatible’ donor stem cells cure adult sickle cell patientsUIC doctors study new transplant protocol
February 26, 2018
NIH awards $4.6 million for chronic pain researchUIC researcher receives R35 Outstanding Investigator Award
August 1, 2017
Lollapalooza headliner Jidenna to visit UIC hospitalCharity organization arranges celebrity visit for sickle cell patients
June 5, 2017
UIC biopharmaceutical scientist wins NIH research awardGrant limited to the most promising postdoctoral investigators
December 13, 2016
Is there more to red blood cell production than we think?Researchers studied DNA in sickle cell patients to find out