This cure for sickle cell anemia was made possible by NIH-funded research to turn the gene for fetal hemoglobin back on. It was done predominantly by NIH researchers, including intramural researchers on the NIH campus. irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/... - ThreadSky

samwang.bsky.social • 56 days ago

This cure for sickle cell anemia was made possible by NIH-funded research to turn the gene for fetal hemoglobin back on. It was done predominantly by NIH researchers, including intramural researchers on the NIH campus.

https://irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/1/slaying-sickle-cell

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photoonist.bsky.social•55 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/photoonist.bsky.social/post/3lkiydnih3k2l

photoonist.bsky.social•56 days ago

Now focus the work on turning the gene for empathy back on and get it stat into Trump et al.

beedunk177633.bsky.social•56 days ago

This is an incredible breakthrough. People have been working on this for decades.

But is curing sickle cell "woke"?

vancemaverick.bsky.social•56 days ago

Yes, as a number of other commenters have pointed out.

Medical research in general is on the chopping block. But it's also clear that the vandals hate the acknowledgment of non-white people.

mitchellepner.bsky.social•56 days ago

Because sickle-cell anemia is a disease that almost exclusively afflicts descendants of Sub-Sahara Africa, I have no doubt that Trump’s defunding efforts would particularly target this cure.

saraswati2301.bsky.social•56 days ago

But now, with cutting financing of research & development…

boldbeloveds.bsky.social•56 days ago

Thank you! I was looking for information on the research in the media reports. It’s a shame they didn’t mention it.

janhamcam.bsky.social•56 days ago

a woman i knew at uni suffered horribly with sickle cell. to know there is a cure for a scourge i first learned about when i was a child is amazing. that this comes concurrent with the Republican war on medical science is bittersweet, of course. still, i am awestruck.