IN Tanzania, sickle cell disease (SCD) casts a long shadow over families and the healthcare system, a beacon of hope is emerging: a proactive movement focused on prevention. Data from the Muhimbili ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a series of genetic blood abnormalities. Due to hemoglobin damage, your red blood cells (RBCs) lose their adaptable donut shape and adopt a "C" shape. These cells become ...

Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) disproportionately impacts Adivasi (tribal) communities in India. Current research has focused on epidemiological and biomedical aspects but there has been ...

Sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by a mutation in the beta-globin gene, can present oral manifestations such as delayed tooth eruption and hypomineralized enamel and dentin. The aim of the ...

spleen, kidneys and liver. People with one copy of the HbS gene are "carriers" of the sickle cell trait and may experience some symptoms. People with two copies of the gene develop sickle cell ...

Wenzhou Medical University researchers have reimagined the spleen as a viable site for islet ... with anti-inflammatory gene expression and dampened T cell activation. In vitro tests confirmed ...

Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia ... a neurological event in the context of severe anemia (e.g. splenic sequestration or aplastic crisis), or if exchange transfusion ...

Proposed cuts by the Trump Administration to medical assistance could hurt critical sickle cell patient care. The CEO and medical director of the Sickle Cell Disease Association are working to ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) and sickle cell trait (SCT) can increase the risk of eye diseases associated with diabetes mellitus, according to a recent study. Findings indicated patients who had diabetes ...

College of Graduate Studies, Master Program of Pharmaceutical Science, California Northstate University, Elk Grove, California 95757, United States Department of Basic Science, College of Medicine, ...

Recent Trump administration cuts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has thrown the future of Michigan’s sickle cell disease registry into doubt. The Michigan Sickle Cell Data Collection ...