Casgevy is now approved in the U.S. for children with sickle cell as young as 2, becoming the first gene-editing therapy for ...

VAS-101, a curcumin-based gel for SCD, was well tolerated and showed signs of easing sickle cell pain, fatigue, and red blood ...

Children with sickle cell anemia who undergo stem cell transplant tend to have better long-term cognition than those on ...

Brothers Cameron, Cayden, and Carmani Boozer have partnered with NMDP to encourage more young adults to join its blood stem cell donor registry and help people with sickle cell disease (SCD), blood ...

A vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), a hallmark of sickle cell disease (SCD), is an episode of intense pain related to blood vessel blockage and a lack of oxygen supply. In SCD, genetic mutations lead to ...

The causes of sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited blood disorder, are related to hemoglobin, a protein that helps red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body. People with sickle cell have ...

When good specialists from a healthcare team move on, it can disrupt a patient's world, writes columnist Mary Shaniqua. But ...

Scientists at New York University (NYU) are teaming up with Nigerian-born music artist Adekunle Gold on a project to improve the lives of people affected by sickle cell disease (SCD). The ...

More than 1 in 3 children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) develop retinopathy, or damage to the blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye, ...

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google Although approximately 1 in 6 people worldwide are living with a ...

Emmaus Life Sciences has entered into an agreement to sell the North American rights to Endari (oral L-glutamine), its oral treatment to prevent acute complications related to sickle cell disease (SCD ...

One of the most widely discussed symptoms of sickle cell anemia is a sickle cell crisis. This is an episode of pain caused when sickle-shaped red blood cells block the body’s blood vessels and prevent ...