Help be part of changing lives for people living with sickle cell disease by boosting the groundbreaking research & clinical trials that are taking place in order to provide advanced treatments for people living with sickle cell disease. Around 15,000 people live with Sickle Cell Disease in the UK.

Kings College University Hospital and Partners are at the forefront of this research and the money that we donate will make a real difference for taking this research forward to become treatment available for everyone.

The Red Cell Haematology Team at King's College Hospital have made discoveries which are now changing the way sickle cell disease can be treated. The links below give information of the great work that has been done and the further work ongoing that is required.

https://libralionscharity.org/libra-powers-sickle-cell-research/

https://libralionscharity.org/leading-the-way-in-red-cell-haematology/

https://libralionscharity.org/sickle-cell-gene-editing-for-a-better-future/

Kings College University Hospital are currently conducting UK based trials based on the work that is being led by Howard University in the USA. These research trials are bringing hope and changing the lives of those that have volunteered so far. The links below tell the story of the sickle cell gene editing research which needs our support.

The links below describe the trial & the transformational outcomes for one man.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03745287

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60348497

The links below give an update of how the sickle cell gene editing trials are progressing, and the article that King's College wrote for the world sickle cell day, 2022 in the light of these developments.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/first-person-treated-for-sickle-cell-disease-with-crispr-is-doing-well

https://innovativegenomics.org/news/crispr-clinical-trials-2022/

https://www.kingshealthpartners.org/latest/3681-world-sickle-cell-day-2022

Help me and my friends' wish to come true 'for a transformed life full of hope and joy for friends and family who have sickle cell disease'.

Please join me and give a donation to this most worthy cause.