by BARBARA MORSE, NBC 10 NEWS Thu, June 20th 2024 at 4:10 PM ...

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is enrolling patients in an innovative clinical trial that seeks to cure sickle cell disease. The trial is the first in the U.S. to apply non-viral CRISPR-Cas9 ...

Families in Philadelphia with sickle cell disease are hopeful and advocate for a cure Three-year-old Kaliph Eubanks is full of happy energy playing at the park in the Germantown section of ...

A student at Kennesaw State is helping develop a low-cost, light-based device to screen for stroke in children with sickle ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder. It primarily affects African-Americans. The need for blood is critical, but the donation bank isn't always plentiful. More than ...

People with the sickle cell trait have red blood cells that are more likely to “sickle” under stress, such as during a malaria infection. This makes it harder for the malaria parasite to ...

In a 2024 study of 123 people with sickle cell disease, sepsis and acute chest syndrome (ACS) were the most frequent complications associated with death. ACS results from sickle cells blocking the ...

Sickle cell disease causes people to have blood cells that look like sickles or are crescent shaped. Blood Connection representatives said the life-threatening disease affects 98 percent of ...

Children with sickle cell anemia may need two daily doses of penicillin to reduce their risk of a severe infection traveling through the blood. Newborns take penicillin as a liquid, and older ...

That is one of the reasons why Chelsea and her parents want to honour Vivica with a foundation called LLV (which stands for Long Live Vivica). The acronym was created by friends who were deeply ...