Image from cdc.gov Recessive and dominant alleles are especially important to understand and analyze in terms of chronic diseases, like sickle cell. Sickle cell is a chronic condition that causes red ...

With Nigeria home to the highest number of people living with sickle cell disease (SCD) globally, health experts have called for curative therapies such as gene therapy and bone marrow transplants ...

Upskilling platform Scaler is finalizing a $40 million fundraise, according to people familiar with the matter. This would be its first funding round in over three years, with the last one, a Series B ...

“Sickle cell disease is a devasting disorder that affects approximately 100,000 people in the U.S., leading to anemia, severe pain, stroke and even early death. Receiving orphan drug designation ...

Paris, June 3, 2025. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to rilzabrutinib, a novel, advanced, oral, reversible Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor ...

An algorithm that grew out of a collaboration between different specialties at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) may help reduce unnecessary hospital admissions for children with sickle ...

The CEO of the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), Brian Deaver, has disclosed that the Ford Foundation has attracted $75 million in donations to AMCE for subsidizing the cost of treating and ...

At present, eligible stallholders can apply for the Hawkers’ Productivity Grant to purchase equipment to improve productivity, such as electric fish scalers and bone saws. They can also benefit ...

Sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by a mutation in the beta-globin gene, can present oral manifestations such as delayed tooth eruption and hypomineralized enamel and dentin. The aim of the ...

Jim Rawlings, a civil rights champion and health equity advocate who spent decades fighting for everything from good jobs for Black New Haveners to investment in research and treatment for those ...

Researchers evaluated the use of ultrawide field swept-source OCT-A to evaluate retinal vasculature in patients with sickle cell retinopathy. Ultrawide field OCT-A imaging can reveal vascular dropout ...

A 30-year-old New Jersey woman was charged with two felonies after police said she lied about having sickle cell anemia and refused to pay for over $560,000 in treatment from a hospital in ...