Sickle cell disease can cause various eye-related complications, including retinopathy. If untreated, sickle cell retinopathy can cause permanent vision loss. Treatments include laser therapy and ...

What if hemoglobins clumped together? This is what happens in sickle cell disease. Sickle cell arises from a single point mutation in the human genome. That means that one DNA base pair in the HBB ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Sickle Cell Disease,” an editorially ... to hitting a bruise with a needle-covered hammer, and to a knife being dug into them and then moved around.

As most of you know, I am not a medical practitioner, but someone living with sickle cell, who is deeply interested in the disease—how it affects us, how we cope with it, and science. I have ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Children ages 12 and older with sickle cell are now eligible for a newly FDA-approved treatment through the MACC Fund Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children's Wisconsin.

People with sickle cell trait have one copy of the genomic variant that causes sickle cell disease, a genetic condition that causes red blood cells to become rigid and sticky, which blocks blood flow.

Sickle cell disease is a global public health issue. Individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) have two genes that cause the production of sickle hemoglobin, and these patients can have severe ...

Omullo is a sickle cell survivor and has been battling the condition for 30 years. “The memory is still fresh in my mind. It is a constant reminder of the pain of living with the blood disorder ...

St. Jude’s groundbreaking work on diseases like cancer and sickle cell resonates deeply with the sorority’s mission. Support from partners like Sigma Gamma Rho ensures that no family at St ...

He has sickle cell disease, the group of inherited disorders that affect hemoglobin, which is a protein in the red blood cells that delivers oxygen to tissues in the body. For those with sickle ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- There's new hope for people with sickle cell disease, which affects mainly African Americans. It's gene therapy research at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that's being ...

Tracy Katusiime, 22, a teacher from Wakiso District was born with sickle cell disorder. She says she takes at least two different types of medicines every day to manage the condition.