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.

Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic blood disorder in the world, most prevalent among people of colour. On World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, doctors, patients and grieving families are ...

Sickle cell trait evolved as protection against malaria, especially in tropical regions. Its discovery advanced understanding of genetic inheritance, but racial bias long hindered care for affected ...

New gene therapy improves the life of 18-year-old with Sickle Cell Disease which affects 5,000 New Jersey residents living with the condition.

A recent Vanderbilt study has found a cure for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood cell proteins, which often leads to pain, anemia and other issues.

Aaron Scott, of Fayetteville, is the first in North Carolina to receive a new FDA-approved therapy which uses the patient's own cells to relieve the pain of sickle cell disease.

The Medical University of South Carolina Health has established the Rena N. Grant Sickle Cell Center to help treat those suffering from sickle cell disease.

The Medical University of South Carolina is expanding its access to state-supported Sickle Cell programs for “warriors,” or patients battling the disease.

In the UK, approximately 17,500 people have sickle cell disease and 300 babies are born with the condition each year. It is a genetic disorder caused by inherited mutations in a person’s DNA ...

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A gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease, with a price tag of £1.65m, is to be offered to patients on the NHS in England. About 50 people a year with the inherited blood disorder are likely ...