Sickle cell anemia requires ongoing ... On rare occasions darkening of the skin and nails may also occur. Little is known about the long-term side effects of hydroxyurea. Also, it is not ...

It can also damage organs, such as the kidneys, liver, and spleen, and may affect other tissues, including the skin and bones ... term for this is “sickle cell anemia.” General symptoms ...

For all of its challenges, living with sickle cell has offered columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye resilience, empathy, support, and ...

The hyperpigmentation of the skin of the extremities and the buccal ... patients with uncomplicated hemolytic anemias such as sickle-cell anemia. Therefore, developments other than ...

Researchers described a promising new approach for using gene therapy to treat sickle cell disease in the journal Human Gene ...

or sickle cell anemia. But having sickle cell trait raises the risk of some health conditions. According to the American Society of Hematology, between 1 million and 3 million Americans have ...

ST. LOUIS — All morning, nurses had been coming in, taking vitals, offering blankets, pressing buttons to silence alarms. It ...

The family of a Black sickle cell patient who died “naked and alone” in prison after a medical crisis have described their ...

Learn about sickle cell anemia in African Americans. Because sickle cell disease is genetic, a person cannot prevent it after conception. However, people can take steps to prevent passing on the ...

It may be possible to collect nearly three times as many stem cells for sickle cell gene therapy with motixafortide than standard plerixafor.

Twelve children with sickle-cell anemia, ranging in age from eight months to 14 years, were studied. All had typical hematologic features, including severe hemolytic anemia and irreversibly ...