Black man with sickle cell disease died ‘naked and alone’ in cell after complaining of breathing difficulties
The family of a Black sickle cell patient who died “naked and alone” in prison after a medical crisis have described their ...
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‘What’s your pain right now?’ Sickle cell, loss, and survival in America
ST. LOUIS — All morning, nurses had been coming in, taking vitals, offering blankets, pressing buttons to silence alarms. It ...
Mum calls for better care for sickle cell disease
The mother of a teenager with sickle cell disease said medical treatment for the genetic blood disorder was a "postcode ...
Why the Red Cross says it is urging more African Americans to donate
So that means the more African Americans who donate, the more chances people like Aimee, experiencing Sickle Cell have to ...
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Bone marrow transplant gives Rochester woman with sickle cell a new life
Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder that shortens the life span ... Cancio said Hannah’s history of pain crisis, which ...
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Study to compare SCD treatments for symptoms with a transplant
A University of Rochester hospital will open a patient study comparing the efficacy of SCD treatments to help families in ...
Family of man who died in HMP Pentonville say 'nobody should be treated that way'
The family of a man who died in prison say he shouldn't have died alone and nobody should be treated the way he was. Wayne ...
Black prisoner who said 'I can't breathe' after being restrained by Pentonville guards died amid jail failings
Wayne Bayley, 43, died on May 17, 2022, six days after he had been remanded to HMP Pentonville in north London. An inquest ...
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Sickle Cell: Personal interview (Part 2)
A couple of months ago, I sat for an interview with Mr Tayo Faloye, the founder of Disability and Sickle Cell Organisation of Nigeria.
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Sickle cell patient dies in Beam study of base editing therapy
The death, which investigators linked to a preparatory chemo treatment rather than Beam's medicine, highlights the risks of using decades-old transplant drugs alongside cutting-edge CRISPR medicines.
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Mum calls for better care for sickle cell disease
She said: "Whenever she had a sickle cell crisis, every admission [to hospital] was always a battle. "I’m glad to be working in Northamptonshire where we are looking at making a sickle cell ...