On this map, the distribution of sickle-cell anemia haplotypes among nations with high prevalence of the disease are shown. Five distinct beta-globin haplotypes (indicated by colors) are found in ...

A recent study has shown that the prevalence of glomerular damage in adults with various forms of sickle cell anemia is much higher than previously thought. Guasch and colleagues investigated the ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.

Artur Plawgo / Science Photo Library via Getty Images A 21-year-old man has become the first person in New York—and one of the first in the world—to be cured of sickle cell anemia. A novel ...