Sickle Cell Disease is a chronic, inherited blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It is best known for causing anaemia, pain episodes, and organ complications, but a lesser-known ...

CRISPR Therapeutics, whose CEO is Samarth Kulkarni, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals earned the first U.S. Food and Drug ...

In what she called a shock, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye learned some parents give birth to children with sickle cell. Then ...

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) continue to face severe complications, despite advances in treatment that have helped mitigate some risks. Increased ...

More perceived social support from classmates was tied to less disease severity in children with sickle cell anemia in ...

Kennedy gave roughly five minutes of remarks to a packed ballroom in the Francis Marion Hotel, mainly focusing on progress in widening treatment access for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder ...

Let’s take a deep breath and talk about something that hits close to home for many of us, especially in the Black community: Sickle Cell Disease. If you or someone you love lives with sickle cell, you ...

Nigeria is suspected to fly high in recording incidence of sickle cell disease (SCD) but ranks low or zero in care management and psychosocial support. Now, an expert has found the difference between ...

Sickle cell disease is more serious and can lead to problems such as organ damage, strokes and anemia. By contrast, those with sickle cell trait “typically live normal lives,’’ according to ...

People with an inherited blood disorder have actively avoided seeking ambulance care because of past negative experiences, according to a report. Findings of a research project – commissioned by ...

The findings were part of a research project commissioned by London Ambulance Service (LAS) NHS Trust and carried out by the Sickle Cell Society. LAS said it had developed an action plan to ...

More than 800 families were not given their children’s tests results for sickle cell carrier status between January 2012 and June 2024 because a single staff member responsible for the process ...