Lynndrick Holmes discusses his recovery from sickle cell disease after participating in a clinical trial at the U.S. National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., in 2019.

An Alberta woman is among the first adults in Canada to be cured of sickle cell anemia with the help of a sister's love — and a stem cell transplant. Revée Agyepong, 26, of Edmonton was ...