Health Matters: So You Have The Sickle Cell Trait, Here's What You Should Know
Sickle cell trait (SCT) differs vastly from sickle cell disease. SCT is a genetic condition when someone inherits one sickle ...
Sickle cell disease still causing harm in Black communities
About 100,000 Americans, mostly Black, have sickle cell disease, shortening lifespans, delaying puberty, damaging spleens and causing infections.
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What To Know about Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
For people with SCD, hemoglobin S (a mutated protein that transports oxygen) causes red blood cells to become curved ...
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Danette Mitchell: The Black Panther Party and fighting sickle cell amenia
Gene therapy technology offers enormous hope for thousands of people battling sickle cell amenia in part because of the Black Panther Party’s grassroots efforts decades ago.
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Sickle cell gene therapies roll out slowly
It’s been almost a year since the Food and Drug Administration approved the first genetic treatments for sickle cell disease.
Hospital staff raise awareness for sickle cell disease
Staff at the Tomorrow Fund Clinic in Hasbro Children's Hospital wore matching t-shirts to try and raise awareness for sickle cell disease on Tuesday.