Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center have identified a signaling loop involved in the growth and persistence of ...

The misshapen cells tend to block blood flow in the vessels, leading to frequent pain episodes, infections, and damage to organs.

During treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and autoimmune anemia, I found relief and encouragement in a caring ...

I was flooded with tenderness for my unborn child, along with a feeling of protectiveness for my sister and people like her who had been born with a disease but whose existences weren’t defined by it.

Cartesian's mRNA-based cell therapy offers a novel, outpatient approach for autoimmune diseases. Promising results, but Phase ...

DNA makes RNA, RNA makes protein, protein makes phenotype—was the guiding framework for understanding inheritance and disease ...

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.

The most severe form of sickle cell disease, sickle cell anemia causes red blood cells to be sickle- or crescent-shaped, rather than a disc. That distortion causes the cells to get stuck in the ...

The hallmark symptom of sickle cell anemia is pain, particularly episodes of sudden pain, sometimes called sickle cell crises.

The authors provide solid evidence of its utility by benchmarking multiple demultiplexing methods and proposing a new variant consistency metric. While the tool is valuable for guiding method ...

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

Calvin "C.J." Dickey, Jr.'s, parents should be planning to take their son back to Bucknell University for his second year of ...