Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inherited genetic condition that causes red blood cells to assume a rigid, crescent-like ...

More than 500,000 babies were tested for sickle cell disease in Catalonia’s newborn screening program, with 160 cases ...

Many individuals with sickle cell anemia undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) with oocyte cryopreservation (OC) have complications, according to a study scheduled for presentation ...

Gene-editing kicked off 2024 with a bang in the medical sector but closed the year with a whimper. It started with the FDA ...

The European Commission has granted orphan drug status to mitapivat, an oral investigational therapy for sickle cell disease.

Living with Sickle Cell Disease means that every treatment comes with its own side effects. Today, we will focus on the dangers of blood exchange or transfusion and the risk of iron overload.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic condition that affects more than 8 million people worldwide by altering the shape of oxygen-carrying red blood cells. Normally, red blood cells are shaped like ...

Overall, the life expectancy of patients with SCD is lower than that of persons without SCD. 1 However, life expectancy varies depending on the type of disease, treatments administered, and ...

Some types of sickle cell disease cause severe illness, while others have a mild or unapparent course. Sickle cell disease is present from birth and inherited from genes you receive from your parents.

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a type of inherited blood disorder that affects the body's haemoglobin level. Individuals with SCD undergo changes in the shape of red blood cells. Blood cells that ...