Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...
Sickle cell thalassemia occurs when you inherit both a sickle cell gene mutation and a thalassemia gene mutation. Symptoms are similar to other types of sickle cell disease but can vary depending on ...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) can affect people of any ethnicity but is much more common among Africans and African Americans. Other ethnic groups with higher rates of SCD include Hispanic Americans from ...
Patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation for sickle cell disease saw high rates of survival without disease ...
The first study assessing the real-world commercial roll-out of gene therapies for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia ...
Sickle cell disease causes excruciating pain and damage to the body. But now there are new treatments that can put an end to ...
Today is World Sickle Cell Disease Day. The international awareness day is observed annually to increase public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease and the challenges experienced by ...
People with sickle cell anemia, especially children, are more likely to experience a stroke. Silent strokes, which don’t cause noticeable symptoms, are especially common. Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a ...
Most people with sickle cell disease who undergo allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation achieve favorable long-term ...
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Patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation for sickle cell disease saw high rates of survival without disease ...
How is it that you’re alive? It’s a question that we rarely ask ourselves—but it’s one that has a definite answer. We all know our heart pumps life-giving oxygen throughout our bodies. How does that ...