New gene therapies could transform sickle cell treatment forever. A future without pain crises or hospitalizations may finally be within reach.

Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the production of an abnormal haemoglobin, known as haemoglobin S. Sickle cell disease changes the shape of blood cells into a crescent ...

A new gene editing treatment has been approved for use in the NHS, which will help treat sickle cell disease patients ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.

He attributed these symptoms to sickle cell disease and received hydromorphone ... or immature cells were present on the peripheral-blood smear — findings that make hematologic processes such ...

The CDC states that, on average, sickle cell disease reduces a patient's lifespan by more than 20 years, which is why Carla Howard said is so passionate about blood donations.

There will be a blood drive for sickle cell disease – the most common inherited blood disorder – this weekend in South Jersey ...

In 1997, UAB’s Tim Townes, Ph.D., and Thomas Ryan, Ph.D., created the first practical animal model of sickle cell disease, a hereditary blood disorder. Ten years later, Townes, chair of the UAB ...

Aishah has dealt with sickle cell disease throughout her life, crediting her mum Kemi as being a constant pillar of support ...

Molecules of sickle-cell hemoglobin stick to one another, forming rigid rods. These rods cause a person's red blood cells to take on a deformed, sickle-like shape, thus giving the disease its name.

Sickle cell anaemia occurs when red blood cells change shape under low oxygen conditions, transforming into a sickle shape that can block blood flow. This blockage can result in pain in the ...