Sickle cell anemia is one of a group of inherited disorders known as sickle cell disease. It affects the shape of red blood cells, which carry oxygen to all parts of the body. Red blood cells are ...

Daniel Cressy yawned, tired after three days of watching a machine pull blood out of his body, extract his stem cells and ...

Pociredir 12 mg dose has shown favorable safety and signs of efficacy in a Phase 1b trial of sickle cell disease (SCD).

Sickle cell anemia is a chronic illness where blood vessels can become blocked when blood cells change into a sickle shape, potentially affecting every organ and causing strokes, lung disease ...

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 ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that 33 states, along with the District of Columbia and ...

Recently, my colleague, Dr. Henry Miller, wrote about the possible use of gene therapy (1) to treat the 1 in 100,000 unfortunate individuals (mostly black) who suffer from sickle cell anemia, aka ...

“For 95% of the world where people with sickle cell anemia live, this not an option at all right now,” said Buchanan, noting that stem cell transplants often cost US$100,000 to $150,000.