This past weekend in Atlanta, the Sickle Cell Community Consortium hosted its 9th Annual Leadership Summit and General Assembly — nothing short of inspiring. Founded by Dr. Lakiea Bailey ...

This month, 21-year-old Sebastien Beauzile became the first man in New York history to be cured of sickle cell anemia, a genetic blood disorder, thanks to a new form of gene therapy. “ ...

For 21 years, Sebastien Beauzile lived with the chronic pain of sickle cell anemia. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking genetic treatment, he is the first person in New York to be cured of the disease.

In the wake of Pfizer’s voluntary market withdrawal of the popular sickle cell disease therapy ... activator that is already approved for the treatment of hemolytic anemia in adults with PK deficiency ...

It’s also historically come with some unfair stigmas. Sickle cell anemia is what Tenesha Dudley of Rocky Mount calls an invisible illness. You wouldn’t know it by meeting her, but she’s face ...

September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month. Sickle cell anemia is a disease that is inherited genetically through a trait passed to a child by both parents, affecting the blood cells.

September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...

Pauling dubbed sickle cell anemia a “molecular disease.” That framing effectively launched the biomedical era of newly powerful laboratory research. Mark T. Gladwin, a longtime sickle cell ...

Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission to eliminate sickle cell disease as a public health problem by 2047, from Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh.

Several herbs and plants, such as aloe vera and lemongrass, may help alleviate symptoms of sickle cell anemia. However, further research is still needed to understand the exact effects.

On December 8, 2023, the FDA approved 2 cell-based gene therapies, exagamglogene autotemcel (Casgevy; Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics) and lovotibeglogene autotemcel (Lyfgenia; Bluebird Bio, Inc), for ...