Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye, a doctor, sorts through the difference between sickle cell anemia and sickle cell disease — and ...

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It comes from the copy of an abnormal sickle or the HBB gene and one copy of the normal HBB ... and Sickle-Shaped Red Blood Corpuscles in a Case of Severe Anemia." However, the name, sickle cell ...

Discover the current pipeline candidates advancing through the clinic for the treatment of sickle cell disease.

Sickle cell disease can lead to a severe complication known as acute chest syndrome (ACS), but the underlying mechanisms are ...

So far in 2025, the Trump administration has cut more than $1 billion in NIH grants. That includes a study on sickle cell ...

The hallmark symptom of sickle cell anemia is pain, particularly episodes of sudden pain, sometimes called sickle cell crises.

Around 2,500 people are living with sickle cell disease in the Bay State, and they are advocating for a bill that would improve quality of life for all those dealing with the disease.

The most severe form of sickle cell disease, sickle cell anemia causes red blood cells to be sickle- or crescent-shaped, rather than a disc. That distortion causes the cells to get stuck in the ...

Sickle cell disease can lead to a severe complication known as acute chest syndrome (ACS), but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. A new study by Mass General Brigham investigators ...

Gabriella Ngang, of Farmington Hills, is one of three in Michigan to take part in a clinical trial of a new sickle cell ...

CMS has reached agreements with drug manufacturers to provide gene therapies to treat sickle cell disease to Medicaid recipients under a new outcomes-based model. A total of 33 states, including the ...