Rising sickle cell disease in children demands urgent awareness. Early diagnosis, modern therapies, and vigilant care can ...

While both sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease involve mutations in the haemoglobin gene, they are fundamentally different in terms of symptoms, severity, and impact on daily life.

The first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a Phase 1 study of Cellarity's novel globin-switching therapy CLY-124 for ...

Over a hundred sickle cell warriors and their families turned out in support for World Sickle Cell Day at West Oakland’s ...

The condition results in abnormal haemoglobin, causing the red blood cells to become rigid and ‘sickle’ in shape. These cells ...

Gabriella Ngang, of Farmington Hills, is one of three in Michigan to take part in a clinical trial of a new sickle cell ...

The condition mostly affects those from African and Caribbean backgrounds but Victoria Ekanoye says it can affect anyone. | ...

"The use of CRISPR gene editing to fix the sickle cell disease-causing mutation in each patient's own blood-forming stem cells required the development of new methods to produce more than 100 ...

Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that impacts hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells. The red blood cells, normally rounded and flexible, become crescent-shaped ...