Care hurdles now add to the disease burden faced by U.S. sickle cell patients, despite the promise of emerging options like gene therapy.

Because the sickle cell gene mutation is believed to have evolved as a protection against malaria, a deadly parasitic infection spread by mosquitos, most common in Africa and Asia, Black people are at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of sickled and normal red blood cells. (wildpixel via Getty Images) This story was originally published on ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...

University of Cincinnati Cancer Center experts will present abstracts at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition Dec. 7-10 in San Diego. Trial finds AML drug is ...

In Ghana newborn screening for sickle cell disease is rare, with many children going undiagnosed until painful symptoms force emergency care. The International Sickle Cell Centre (ISCC), a nonprofit ...

Sickle cell disease is often thought of solely as a blood disorder, but new research from the Wood Neuro Research Group ...

Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different tissues in your body and removing carbon dioxide to ...

RICHMOND, Va. — September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Sickle cell affects 100,000 people in the United States, primarily impacting African Americans. To learn more about the genetic blood ...

Today is World Sickle Cell Disease Day. The international awareness day is observed annually to increase public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease and the challenges experienced by ...

Contrary to misconceptions among medical professionals and patients alike, individuals born with sickle cell trait (SCT) show no risk of experiencing the acute pain crises known to occur with sickle ...

Sickle cell anemia causes sickle-shaped cells to block blood flow to the lungs, leading to acute chest syndrome. Common treatment methods involve oxygen supplementation and pain management. Sickle ...