The link between them? They all suffer from sickle cell anaemia, a condition that disproportionately affects people of colour. Beyond "subtly interspersing real-life issues that affect Black ...

Sickle cell trait is not an illness, and it isn’t the same as sickle cell disease, or sickle cell anemia. But having sickle cell trait raises the risk of some health conditions. According to the ...

which delivers oxygen to cells throughout the body. In sickle cell disease (SCD), the hemoglobin is abnormal and distorts the RBCs into a sickle shape. This shape causes the RBCs to clump together ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This ...

Gene therapy is an exciting therapy now being studied for the treatment of sickle cell disease. The treatment is only ...

You're reading Part 5 of Coercive Care, a yearlong examination of the denial of reproductive autonomy for people with sickle cell disease. ST. LOUIS — All morning, nurses had been coming in ...

When asked to picture the ideal cure for sickle-cell disease, molecular biologist Stefano Rivella, a researcher at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Pennsylvania, didn’t gaze into ...

“When you’ve dealt with symptoms on and off your whole life, sometimes the pain doesn’t show up on your face that much,” said Tarrer, 18, who has sickle cell disease. “But this illness ...

[File, Standard] Today, the world will commemorate Sickle Cell Day (SCD). This year's theme is "Building and Strengthening Global Sickle Cell Communities, Formalising Newborn Screening, and ...

Hemoglobin does not work properly and makes red blood cells sickle-shaped. They lose elasticity and can block small blood vessels. This causes symptoms and decreased organ blood flow.