Higher levels of fetal hemoglobin may guard against lung problems and delay bone damage in people with sickle cell disease, ...

A year ago, NBC News joined Wedam Minyila as he began undergoing a groundbreaking treatment for sickle cell disease. The ...

Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different tissues in your body and removing carbon dioxide to ...

Around 100,000 people in the U. S. — including an estimated 600 to 700 people in Delaware — and millions more around the world have sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease primarily affects those of ...

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disorder of red blood cells. Some parents may learn that their infant has this disorder after prenatal testing. Hospitals also test for SCA after birth as part ...

At the Cleveland Clinic, doctors are using a one-time gene-editing therapy that alters a patient’s own blood-forming stem cells to correct the genetic mutation responsible for the disease. Physicians ...

Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited blood disorders. It causes red blood cells to take on a crescent (sickle) shape and become rigid. These cells can break apart easily, leading to anemia.

Virginia sickle cell advocates prepare legislative push as Del. Candi Mundon King continues fight months after losing ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) remains one of Uganda’s most silent epidemics, affecting thousands of children across the country, ...

In Thane district, this campaign will be implemented under the main guidance of District Collector Dr. Shrikrishna Panchal ...

Nashik: Considering the increasing prevalence of sickle cell disease in the district, the 'Arunodaya' special sickle cell ...

Saturday, the troop focused on sickle-cell diseases because two of their members, Cheyanne Miles, 8, and her sister, Dakota, 6, have the blood disorder sickle beta-zero thalassemia.According to ...