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There is an incredible story of love and sacrifice out of Plant City that helped to heal a little girl from sickle cell ...
Sickle Cell Disease is a chronic, inherited blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It is best known for causing anaemia, pain episodes, and organ complications, but a lesser ...
The Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation is hosting its 32nd Annual Run/Walk-a-Thon. The event is on Saturday, ...
Patients with sickle cell diseases in Bungoma and Kakamega counties have faced stigma but a group of survivors are out to ...
The 5th Global Congress on Sickle Cell Disease is set to take place from June 3 to 6, 2025, at Abuja Continental Hotel in Nigeria, bringing together stakeholders from across the world in the ...
Vertex Pharma's £1.65 million ($2.05 million) gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD), Casgevy, has been given the green light for use by the NHS in England under a managed access ...
"Sickle cell largely affects patients from African and African-Caribbean backgrounds, who are less likely to have a matching stem cell donor, and this community has been waiting years for a new ...
While generally considered benign, sickle cell trait (SCT) is both common and associated with a risk of sudden exertional death. Indeed, all high-level US intercollegiate athletes now face mandatory ...
Scedamin is a pediatric formulation of hydroxyurea being developed by Yunigen Inc. Scedamin is a pediatric formulation of hydroxyurea designed to treat children aged nine months and older who are ...