Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye addresses some of the myths about blood transfusion and explains why it's important in managing ...

or sickle cell anemia. But having sickle cell trait raises the risk of some health conditions. According to the American Society of Hematology, between 1 million and 3 million Americans have ...

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 ...

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is enrolling patients in an innovative clinical trial that seeks to cure sickle cell ...

Sickle cell disease occurs when a child inherits two sickle cell genes—one from each parent. Lillian knew she carried the ...

Researchers described a promising new approach for using gene therapy to treat sickle cell disease in the journal Human Gene ...

Wilson celebrates the first U.S. patient to complete gene therapy for sickle cell, but says advocacy must continue.

More than 4.75 crore people, including 1,98,62,568 tribal persons living in the tribal-dominated areas across 17 identified ...

The quality of life of patients with sickle cell anemia is severely compromised similar to or even worse than patients with other chronic diseases such as arthritis. Patients who responded to ...

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is enrolling patients in an innovative clinical trial that seeks to cure sickle cell ...

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.

to assess its potential for development as a one-stop centre for the treatment of sickle cell anemia. Odisha is among the States most affected by the disease in India. Odisha leads the country in ...