About 15,000 people in England live with the inherited condition, which affects people mainly of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage. Red blood cells are produced in a sickle shape and are ...

Around 2,500 people are living with sickle cell disease in the Bay State, and they are advocating for a bill that would improve quality of life for all those dealing with the disease.

After receiving a bone marrow transplant and stem cell donation from her sister, Cali Cole is now several years post-transplant with no complications.

FOR her creativity in supporting the effort to raise awareness of sickle cell disease, Kerri Bascom received a $500 cash award. Ms Bascom took part in the Bahamas Sickle Cell Association Logo ...

Regulators on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S. The Food and ...

There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder caused by a mutation in the adult hemoglobin A gene that results in the production of abnormal hemoglobin S. Hemoglobin is the major protein ...

Sickle cell disease is caused by a gene mutation that makes blood cells misshapen, so that they resemble sickles or crescents.

In early December, the Food and Drug Administration approved a gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease, the first for any illness. One patient helped pave the way.

Akilah Coleman, alongside Teonna Woolford and Dr. Kim Smith-Whitley share their mission to reduce the health inequities Black women face.

Episode Notes Last May, a 12-year-old with sickle cell anemia was the first person to receive a new gene therapy to treat the disease.

Sickle Cell Disease and Beta-thalassemia are two severe diseases that are caused by defects in the beta-globin protein in hemoglobin, present in red blood cells. Patients born with Sickle Cell ...