sickle
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A model of how one of GluBio’s experimental ‘molecular glue’ drugs causes two proteins in the human body, WIZ and cereblon, to stick to each other in a way designed to relieve sickle cell disease.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
In the United States, sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 people, with more than 90% of cases being among Black people, according to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
While making the project, his mother suffered two strokes, his brother was treated for psychosis, and his younger sister died of sickle cell anaemia.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
"The first gene editing drug approved for a blood disease -- sickle cell anemia -- targets a cell-type specific enhancer."
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025
Unexplained vaginal bleeding and blood in urine during last two pregnancies; physician recommended sickle cell test.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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