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Sickle cell researcher fights back, calling NIH grant termination "racist" and "discriminatory"
A researcher at Duke University, speaks out after her NIH grant for sickle cell research was terminated. The $750,000 funding ...
Former Coronation Street star Victoria Ekanoye calls for more research into Sickle Cell disease
The condition mostly affects those from African and Caribbean backgrounds but Victoria Ekanoye says it can affect anyone. | ...
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
When faced with the myriad diseases and equally numerous targets for potential drugs the company could pursue, Kewalramani ...
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‘Why genotype matching is vital to ending sickle cell’
This painful paradox lies not in a lack of medical solutions, but in a persistent failure to embrace the simplest of ...
Photos: World Sickle Cell Day celebration held in Oakland’s DeFremery Park
Over a hundred sickle cell warriors and their families turned out in support for World Sickle Cell Day at West Oakland’s ...
‘Life just changed.’ How Florida doctors use tech to treat cancer and sickle cell
Dr. Omar H. Llaguna, specialist in surgical oncology, programs a HistoSonics medical device for targeting a medium that ...
UAMS offers support group for people battling Sickle Cell Disease
On Juneteenth, UAMS in Little Rock held an event aimed at highlighting Sickle Cell Disease, which is a disease most common in ...
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All you need to know about: sickle cell disease - The Hindu
It’s a disease that not many know about, despite estimates indicating that India carries the second-highest burden globally. Sickle cell disease, a group of inherited blood disorders, affects ...