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 ...
Virginia sickle cell advocates prepare legislative push as Del. Candi Mundon King continues fight months after losing ...
Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...
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 ...
A personal map for living with sickle cell disease, exploring strategies for the year ahead, pain management, and the power ...
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A mother of two with sickle cell disease met several blood donors who helped save her life. The New York Blood Center held the reunion on Valentine's Day. Stacey Sottile is a ...
ATLANTA - On Benjamin E. Mays Drive in southwest Atlanta, a 7,000-square-foot center feels more like a day spa than a medical clinic. The new Sickle Cell Sanctuary was designed specifically for people ...
A 12-year-old boy who suffers debilitating pain because of sickle cell disease has become the first patient in the U.S. to undergo a newly approved gene therapy. Kendric Cromer is being treated at ...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) refers to a group of genetic conditions that affect the red blood cells (RBCs) by altering their shape. The abnormally shaped cells are unable to perform the function of ...
Sickle cell anemia is the most serious form of sickle cell disease (SCD). It occurs when a person inherits an irregular hemoglobin gene from each parent. Certain groups of people are more at risk of ...
Nashik: Considering the increasing prevalence of sickle cell disease in the district, the 'Arunodaya' special sickle cell ...