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Wellness Conference Schoolboy with sickle cell disease died after bungling junior doctor ignored instructions to carry out blood test
A schoolboy with sickle cell disease died after a junior doctor ignored instructions from his consultant to carry out a blood test, an inquest has heard. Emmanuel Akinmuyiwa, seven, from Tyseley, collapsed and died during a blood transfusion after staff ‘missed opportunities’ to save his life. Read more on Daily Mail by Steph Cockroft for MailOnline: […]
Rice lab offers new strategies, tools for genome editing
Rice University bioengineers have found new techniques for precision genome editing that are more accurate and have fewer off-target errors. Read more on EurekAlert by David Ruth: New strategies, tools for genome editing
Improving Life for Kids With Sickle Cell Anemia
New England Research Institutes (NERI) has been awarded a federal research contract from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to complete a study with promising treatment for sickle cell anemia in children that will address gaps in the best possible care. Read more on BusinessWire: Improving Life for Kids With Sickle Cell Anemia