Currently, the only way to cure sickle cell anemia is by replacing a person’s bone marrow with bone marrow from a donor who is a close genetic match. However, not everyone has a well-matched donor.

In 2008, the Sickle Cell Clinic at the children's hospital regularly treated 16 children. Now there are more than 80, primarily because of immigration, says Dr. Mike Leaker.

Observed annually on June 19, World Sickle Cell Anemia Day draws global attention to an inherited blood disorder. Sickle cell anemia is a condition that alters the shape and function of red blood ...

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease in which red blood cells change into a semi-circular shape and block blood vessels. Symptoms vary from patient to patient but it puts every organ in the ...

KEY POINTS The most common form of sickle cell disease occurs in people who carry 2 alleles for hemoglobin S; however, people also have sickle cell disease if they carry 1 allele for hemoglobin S and ...

Sickle cell disease can impair blood and oxygen delivery to any part of the body and may cause a wide range of complications, such as anemia, blood clots, and stroke.

World Sickle Cell Day is a time to acknowledge the challenges faced by those living with SCD, and a day to ignite hope for the future. Written by: Ritika Sakhuja Updated at: Jun 18, 2024 23:20 IST ...

Last May, a 12-year-old with sickle cell anemia was the first person to receive a new gene therapy to treat the disease. The process is painful, expensive, and still frightening and uncertain, but ...