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

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 ...

Sickle cell disease is a condition little understood by most people around the world, despite it being the number one most common inherited disease in the world. This genetic blood disease can ...

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.

Challenges persist despite promising advance In January 2025, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved the use of the gene editing therapy exagamglogene autotemcel ...

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.

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

Sickle cell anemia often meets this definition due to the severity of symptoms, which may include significant pain, fatigue, and other complications that may affect a person’s ability to perform ...

Moses was diagnosed with sickle cell disease when he was two weeks old. This past fall, he started a campaign called Moses Moves to raise money for sickle cell awareness. The Ramsay family ...