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Last Posted: Feb 22, 2018

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• CRISPR could end sickle cell disease, but signing up black patients for clinical trials will be a hard sell  
  UL McFarling, Stat News, Feb 21, 2018
• Effective screening leads to better outcomes in sickle cell disease.  
  Shook Lisa M et al. Archives of disease in childhood 2018 Feb
• Fact Sheets: Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) 
• Genetic risk of APOL1 and kidney disease in children and young adults of African ancestry.  
  Reidy Kimberly J et al. Current opinion in pediatrics 2018 Feb
• Fact Sheets 
• Novel genetic polymorphisms associated with severe malaria and under selective pressure in North-eastern Tanzania.  
  Ravenhall Matt, et al. PLoS genetics 2018 1 (1) e1007172

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