Some types of sickle cell disease cause severe illness, while others have a mild or unapparent course. Sickle cell disease is present from birth and inherited from genes you receive from your parents.

Sickle cell conditions are genetic blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. While both sickle cell trait and sickle ...

Cristina Pina receives funding from Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group via the Little Princess Trust and the National Centre for the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of Animals in Research.

In pregnant women with sickle cell disease, the risk of developing early-onset preeclampsia can be determined by measuring ...

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a genetic blood disorder that affects red blood cells, causing them to take on a sickle or crescent shape. Unlike normal round red blood cells that flow smoothly through ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — One of Vanderbilt's latest studies has found a cure for sickle cell disease. Sickle cell is a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood cell proteins. It often ...

Patients with sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia treated with exagamglogene autotemcel reported substantial and ...

Reeves is an associate professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of Michigan and the principal investigator of the Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection program. In December 2023, a ...

Life expectancy has soared and interest in the disease is growing, but breakthrough gene therapies are extraordinarily expensive.

For Lana Quarles, the lack of quality of life in the United States has led her to search for another place to live.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and Memphis sits at the center of the crisis. The Mid-South has one of the highest rates of sickle cell disease in the nation, according to ...

"Today, it's starting to feel cold. The cold weather can make me very poorly when I play with my friends. My teacher helps me dress up really warm at playtime so I don't have a sickle cell crisis." ...