
Akshay Sharma
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty · St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Credentials: · · · · · · ·
History
- 2015–2018
Hematology and Medical Oncology

- 2008–2012
KASTURBA MED COLL, MANIPAL, KARNATAKA
Research
CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing for Sickle Cell Disease and β-Thalassemia
New England Journal of Medicine · 2021 · 1,440 citations
Exagamglogene Autotemcel for Severe Sickle Cell Disease
New England Journal of Medicine · 2024 · 351 citations
Base editing of haematopoietic stem cells rescues sickle cell disease in mice
Nature · 2021 · 318 citations

29 papers

29 papers

23 papers

21 papers

Hemalatha Rangarajan
19 papers

19 papers
- TN
19 papers
- NF
18 papers · 2 as a fellow
Grants
- 2023–2028
Novel Therapeutic Gene Editing to Induce Fetal Hemoglobin for Sickle Cell Disease
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · U01
PI · $4.9M · St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Clinical trials
- 2026–2035
Haploidentical Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease
Principal investigator · Recruiting · Phase 2
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- 2025–2050
Principal investigator · Recruiting
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- 2025–2032
Gene Editing For Sickle Cell Disease
Principal investigator · Recruiting · Phase 1
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- 2023
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection From Patients With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Using Plerixafor
Principal investigator · Withdrawn · Phase 2
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital


