Sickle cell disease commonly affects people of African and Caribbean backgrounds and can be life-threatening but campaigners ...

Sebastien Beauzile, 21, is the first New Yorker to have received the breakthrough Lyfgenia treatment, according to the New ...

A sickle cell gene therapy treatment has allowed a Long Island man to turn a chapter in his life, with doctors declaring him ...

When it comes to pediatric cancer and sickle cell disease, there are both visible and invisible challenges, which is why ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 1 out of every 365 Black people has sickle ... sickle cell trait affects 10% of Black people, compared to .3% of white people.

For the first time, two U.S. teenagers with sickle cell disease will be able to go swimming on their spring break, thanks to ...

Avianah Drakeford was born with sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder that negatively affects how blood moves around the ...

A Fayetteville teen is making history in North Carolina after undergoing a new gene therapy for sickle cell disease. Aaron Scott was diagnosed with sickle cell at birth. Sickle cell is a genetic ...

She has spent years explaining why her sons face greater challenges than other kids their age. “Blood cells are supposed to be rounded and red. With sickle cell, they’re banana-shaped; so if you ...

Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited haemoglobinopathy in Tanzania, with 11 000– 14 000 children born with the ...

But that overall, both believe that the glaring disparity is down to the fact that those who suffer from sickle cell are not white and are mainly Black or mixed heritage. Bradley Dravie ...