At the Cleveland Clinic, doctors are using a one-time gene-editing therapy that alters a patient’s own blood-forming stem cells to correct the genetic mutation responsible for the disease. Physicians ...

For the first time, scientists say new therapies have the power to cure sickle cell disease. The disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people ...

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 ...

The National Coordinator, Association of Persons Living with Sickle Cell Disease, Mrs Aisha Edwards Maduagwu has raised ...

Adding erythropoietin to hydroxyurea treatment could significantly improve quality of life for patients with sickle cell disease and chronic anemia, according to data presented at ASH Annual Meeting ...

September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...

Dear Doctor, I am negative, and she is positive, so I had another test, which proved that she did not have sickle cell disease, and so we went ahead and got married.

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disorder of red blood cells. Some parents may learn that their infant has this disorder after prenatal testing. Hospitals also test for SCA after birth as part ...