HBB is the gene responsible for sickle cell anemia in humans. This suggests that both chimpanzees and humans have independently evolved similar adaptations in response to the same disease. The malaria ...

Sickle Cell Disease is a complex and debilitating genetic ... It is caused by a mutation in the HBB gene, which leads to the production of abnormal haemoglobin known as haemoglobin S.

Zynext Ventures is investing in Illexcor Therapeutics to advance the clinical development of ILX002, its lead candidate for ...

Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare rodent-spread disease with a mortality rate up to 50% in the American Southwest, officials said.

An autopsy on Arakawa found laboratory evidence of hantavirus infection and findings, she said, "consistent with Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome," or HPS, an often-fatal disease. Gene Hackman ...