Sep. 12, 2024 — Researchers have found that being a carrier for sickle cell disease, known as having sickle cell trait, increases the risk of blood clots, a risk that is the same among diverse ...

The UAB Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center brings together scholars and researchers working in the forefront of basic, translational and clinical research, with the overarching goals to discover new ...

At Fred Hutch Cancer Center, we care for adults with sickle cell disease. Along with our local patients, we see many people from farther away, like Alaska. They get most of their care near home, but ...

Sickle cell anemia requires ongoing, lifelong treatment to improve quality of life and prevent complications. Treatment of sickle cell anemia includes taking measures to treat anemia, prevent ...

Pfizer’s startling announcement late Wednesday that it would pull its pill for sickle-cell disease off pharmacy shelves is a blow to the drugmaker’s efforts to buy its way through an impending ...

A patient with sickle cell disease died while participating in a clinical trial of a CRISPR-based treatment from Beam Therapeutics, threatening to overshadow early signals of effective gene editing.

Two years ago, archaeologists in Poland made a discovery at a gravesite they could only describe as "astonishing" — the remains of a woman with a sickle around her neck and a triangular padlock ...

Considering taking supplements to treat sickle cell disease? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of sickle cell disease. Follow the links to read common ...

When asked to picture the ideal cure for sickle-cell disease, molecular biologist Stefano Rivella, a researcher at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Pennsylvania, didn’t gaze into ...

The mother of a teenager with sickle cell disease said medical treatment for the genetic blood disorder was a "postcode lottery". Nathan, 16, from Northampton, suffers from chronic pain and takes ...

The Sickle of BOOOAL is a Rare quality melee weapon in Baldur’s Gate 3 that comes with a special enchantment known as BOOOAL’s Benediction. The enchantment grants the user Advantage on Attack ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This ...