September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...

A total of 542 patients (10.2%) had sickle cell trait—a more common rate than the 6.5% to 8.7% seen in the general African American population. In addition, 129 patients (2.4%) had hemoglobin C ...

Daniel Cressy yawned, tired after three days of watching a machine pull blood out of his body, extract his stem cells and ...

Patients with sickle cell trait received about 13% more of the medications used to treat anemia than other patients to reach the same level of hemoglobin. The investigators also found that sickle ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Sickle cell anemia is a disease that occurs among about one out of every 365 Black or African-American births. That's according to the Centers for Disease Control, which ...

Upon analysis of relationships between sickle cell trait and leukemia subtypes, associations between myeloid (OR = 1.74; 95% CI, 1.40 – 2.17) and monocytic leukemias (OR = 2.20; 95% CI, 1.09 ...

India’s Sickle Cell Mission screened 6 crore people, identifying 2.15 lakh with the disease and 16.7 lakh carriers. The mission targets 7 crore screenings by FY 2025–26, focusing on tribal areas.

Sickle Cell Anemia is a genetic blood disorder that affects the shape and function of red blood cells. It can lead to severe health complications, including pain, infections, and anemia.

Dear Dr. Donohue: In my extended family, I am told, are people with sickle cell disease. I am a newly married, 28-year-old black woman and am now pregnant. Could I ...

A Cherokee County man says he has been successfully cured of Sickle Cell Anemia complications. Kyle Registre, 23, joined a Children's Healthcare of Atlanta gene therapy clinical trial in 2019 ...

Dave Cecchini left VU for Bucknell in 2019. This summer a Bison player died of sickle cell-related rhabdomyolysis after collapsing during a team workout.

The first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease has been approved in the U.K. , a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the disease.