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RisingHematology · updated 18 Oct 2026

Gene therapy for sickle cell and thalassaemia

CRISPR-based and lentiviral gene therapies for haemoglobin disorders.

72PubDaily Trend Score
+27%new papers vs last year
8new trials registered
2new guidelines this year

Papers per year

Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 10, 10, 16, 5, 8.

New guidelines and consensus this year

  1. Conditioning regimen for hematopoietic cell transplant in transfusion dependent thalassemia: Recommendations from the EBMT practice harmonisation and guidelines committee
    Bone Marrow Transplant2026 Oct
  2. Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease: Practice Recommendations from the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy and the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy
    Transplant Cell Ther2026 Jul

All papers from the last 12 months

238 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…

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  1. Gene therapy for hereditary hematological disorders: From clinical breakthroughs to future horizons
    Mol Ther Nucleic Acids2026 Dec 8PMID 42761173Review
  2. Cost-effectiveness of exagamglogene autotemcel gene-edited therapy in patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia in the United States
    J Med Econ2026 DecPMID 41955126
  3. Cost-effectiveness of exagamglogene autotemcel gene-edited therapy in patients with sickle cell disease with recurrent vaso-occlusive crises in the United States
    J Med Econ2026 DecPMID 41730016
  4. Epigenetic strategies for fetal hemoglobin induction in sickle cell disease
    Eur J Med Chem2026 Nov 15PMID 42551134Review
  5. Sickle cell disease and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: donor expansion, gene-modified grafts and prenatal horizons
    Curr Opin Hematol2026 Nov 1PMID 42710047Review
  6. 2026 Update on Clinical Trials in β-Thalassemia
    Am J Hematol2026 NovPMID 42584024Review
  7. Efficacy, Safety, and Treatment-Delivery Feasibility of Autologous Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review With Descriptive Synthesis of Clinical Trials
    Eur J Haematol2026 NovPMID 42400217Systematic review
  8. Translating base editors: a decade of progress from the bench to the clinic
    Nat Rev Drug Discov2026 Oct 16PMID 42888260Review
  9. Precision Medicine in Sickle Cell Disease: From Molecular Pathways to Curative Strategies
    Hemoglobin2026 Oct 15PMID 42876272Review
  10. Bibliometric analysis of the research trends of thalassemia in the past decade
    Expert Rev Hematol2026 Oct 15PMID 42865314

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How these numbers are counted

PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:

("sickle cell"[tiab] OR thalassemia[tiab] OR thalassaemia[tiab]) AND ("gene therapy"[tiab] OR "gene editing"[tiab] OR CRISPR[tiab] OR exagamglogene[tiab] OR lovotibeglogene[tiab])

Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.