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

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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 ...

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

The misshapen cells tend to block blood flow in the vessels, leading to frequent pain episodes, infections, and damage to organs.

NIH cancels research grant for disease that affects mostly Black patients, citing DEI, doctor says 90% of Sickle cell disease patients are Black, according to NIH ...

The National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission, launched in 2023, aims to eradicate the disease by 2047. Spearheaded by CSIR under the leadership of Director General Nallathamby Kalaiselvi, the ...

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Based on that criterion, ten out of 12 people (83%) in a new clinical trial were cured of their diabetes one year after receiving an advanced stem cell therapy.

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 ...