Article: Food additive may be sickle cell treatment. (butyrate) (Brief Article)

Article: Food Additive Sparks Gene To Ease Sickle ...
The Washington Post;  January 14, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Injections of a common food additive can reawaken a dormant gene ... relieve the underlying cause of sickle cell anemia, and eventually may ... to three young people with sickle cell anemia and three with thalassemia ... National Association for Sickle Cell Disease, called the ...

Article: Scientists set to start sickle cell drug trials
Bay State Banner;  May 19, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... lessen the pain of sickle-cell anemia was good ... arginine butyrate, a food additive, to use in sickle-cell anemia cases ... estimated 60,000 sickle cell patients and 10 ... of 16. But the food additive arginine butyrate ...

Article: Awakened gene aids inherited anemias. (sickle cell ...
Science News;  January 23, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... Charming, a common food additive can awaken a sleeping ... ameliorates the symptoms of sickle cell anemia and betathalassemia ... devastating anemias. The food additive, a flavor enhancer ... However, people with sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia ...

Article: TREATMENT SHOWS PROMISE AGAINST SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
Post-Tribune (IN);  January 14, 1993 ;     517 words ... ... Page A7 Injections of a common food additive can reawaken a dormant gene and relieve the underlying cause of sickle cell anemia, perhaps providing the first ... periods to three young people with sickle cell anemia and three with thalassemia ...

Article: Medinox Discloses a Potential New Drug for the Treatment of ...
PR Newswire;  September 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... vanillin, a very popular food additive generally regarded as safe ... obtained from patients with sickle cell disease prevented the sickling ... given orally to transgenic sickle cell mice, MX-1520 significantly ... 000 people suffer from sickle cell anemia, an inherited ...

Article: RESEARCHERS FIND POSSIBLE TREATMENT FOR SICKLE ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 14, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... benefit people with sickle cell disease or beta thalassemia ... the bloodstream. With sickle cell and beta thalassemia ... chemical, which is also a food additive, stimulates a dormant ... complications arise." Sickle cell disease is an incurable ...

Article: Sickle-Cell Anemia
Complete Human Diseases and Conditions;      700+ words ...Sickle-Cell Anemia What Are the Sickle-Cell Trait and Sickle-Cell Disease? What Are the Effects of Sickle-Cell Disease? How Is Sickle-Cell Disease Diagnosed? How Is Sickle-Cell Disease Treated? Resources Sickle-cell anemia, also ...