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

Sickle cell disease is an inherited condition typically passed down from parents to their children through genes. To have sickle cell disease, a person must be born with two sickle cell genes.

Two Florida lawmakers have secured nearly 4 million dollars to improve treatment for people with sickle cell disease.

Sickle cell anaemia is a life-limiting condition that can shorten life expectancy by 20 to 30 years at its most severe, although average life expectancy with the disease has increased in recent years.

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease that affects one in 500 African Americans in the U.S. and millions of people worldwide. The sickle cell gene causes the body to make abnormal ...

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) in infants is a genetic blood disorder. Early identification, appropriate treatment, and regular monitoring can help infants with SCA.

Sickle cell conditions are genetic blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. While both sickle cell trait and ...

A drug from Fulcrum Therapeutics showed promise in a sickle cell study, raising the possibility that a pill could be an ...

People with sickle cell anemia, especially children, are more likely to experience a stroke. Silent strokes, which don’t cause noticeable symptoms, are especially common. Sickle cell anemia (SCA ...

Sickle cell disease is an inherited condition that affects the shape of red blood cells. Typical red blood cells are round, but in a person with sickle cell disease, they have a shape like a “c ...

It’s something you can’t fight at home,” Law said. Sickle cell disease is a genetic condition where red blood cells are hard and take the shape of a C or sickle, which makes blood flow ...

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.