Sickle cell anemia refers to a group of genetic blood disorders that affect a person’s levels of hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen. Sickle cell anemia causes a ...

The disease gets its name because when you have SCD, your red blood cells look like a sickle, which is a C-shaped farm tool. Normal red blood cells are round and pliable. With sickle cell ...

ON SICKLE CELL CARE IN CALIFORNIA. AN INITIATIVE IN THE 2019 STATE BUDGET ALLOTTED MONEY TO FUND A CENTER SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE GROWING NEED OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH RARE, CHRONIC ...

Though he doesn’t remember it, Branden Baptiste had his first sickle cell crisis at age 2. Through elementary school, he was in and out of the hospital with pain episodes, not knowing why.

SAN DIEGO — Pfizer’s abrupt withdrawal of its sickle cell drug Oxybryta over safety concerns was called “tone deaf” during a panel discussion among sickle cell experts Saturday at STAT@ASH ...

A breakthrough at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has brought cheery news to people with sickle cell disease. LUTH doctors working with an NGO, Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria ...

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disorder that impacts how red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body. In the United States, more than 90 percent of people who have it are Black or African ...

(BEAM) announced new safety and efficacy data from its BEACON Phase 1/2 clinical trial of BEAM-101 in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) with severe vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs). Updated data ...

A defense expert in the case of Daniel Penny in Manhattan testified that Jordan Neely did not die from the chokehold Penny used on him in a New York City subway. The expert said he eliminated a ...

Called Casgevy, the gene-editing treatment is for people with sickle cell disease and a related blood disorder called beta thalassemia. UK regulators approved the treatment in November 2023 ...