Sickle cell disease affects 100,000 Americans, and the estimated annual costs of medical care in the United States for the disease exceeds $1.1 billion according to the a 2009 estimate, Reuters ...

When patients with sickle cell disease have a health crisis, it can quickly lead to a fatal stroke or infection. But research shows that patients often wait hours in ERs.

A non-university bookstore in State College is selling a shirt that rebrands the NCAA as the "National Communist Athletic Association." ...

Most sickle cell patients are Black, and Crist said the “significant African American population” in his district made it important for him to push for the funding. “We have made many ...

San Jose, California--(Newsfile Corp. - February 1, 2023) - Sickle Cell 101, a non-profit organization, is using an innovative approach of digital advocacy to provide education and patient focused ...

A panel of experts said on Tuesday that a groundbreaking treatment for sickle cell disease was safe enough for clinical use, setting the stage for likely federal approval by Dec. 8 of a powerful ...

Aeroflot, the Russian airline and former Soviet flag carrier, said it will keep the winged hammer and sickle in its logo. In a statement circulated April 15 by Russia's ITAR-TASS press agency, the ...

Sickle cell disease is inherited in as autosomal recessive pattern. Autosomal means that the gene mutation does not exist on the sex chromosome and, therefore, affects male and females equally.

In early December, the Food and Drug Administration approved a gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease, the first for any illness. One patient helped pave the way.