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

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders resulting from a mutation in the hemoglobin protein in red blood cells. This mutation changes the shape of the blood cells from round, ...

But it wasn’t until she was 3.5 years old that she was diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia, a condition that would shape her entire ... of managing sickle cell anemia has been a significant ...

His red blood cells were forming sickle shapes and getting stuck in his blood stream ... boosted fetal hemoglobin levels, and ...

Though he doesn't remember it, Branden Baptiste had his first sickle cell crisis at age 2. Through elementary school, he was ...

deforming them into the sickle-like shape that gives the disease its name. Sickled red blood cells are prone to getting ...

Please contact us at [email protected] for help. Last May, a 12-year-old with sickle cell anemia was the first person to receive a new gene therapy to treat the disease. The process is painful ...

As he got older, he learned he had sickle cell disease: His red blood cells were forming sickle shapes and getting stuck ... and improved anemia. Heeney presented these results December 7 at ...

The quality of life of patients with sickle cell anemia is severely compromised similar to or even worse than patients with other chronic diseases such as arthritis. Patients who responded to ...

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is enrolling patients in an innovative clinical trial that seeks to cure sickle cell disease. The trial is the first in the U.S. to apply non-viral CRISPR ...