The Coalition of Sickle Cell Non-Governmental Organisations (CSCN) has called for intensified efforts to eradicate sickle cell disorder (SCD) in Nigeria. The appeal was made during the ...

Sickle cell disease can be managed, but many children in Africa lack access to such treatment. As a result, four of five African children born with the disorder die before age 5, according to the ...

Through continued development and investment in these programs, African nations can achieve a future where sickle cell disease is no longer a life-limiting condition but a manageable health challenge.

Sickle cell disease affects more than 100,000 people in the United States and 8 million people worldwide. Alvin Henry Jr. is the president of the South Louisiana Sickle Cell Association working to ...

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is enrolling patients in an innovative clinical trial that seeks to cure sickle cell disease. The trial is the first in the U.S. to apply non-viral CRISPR-Cas9 ...

Sickle cell disease is genetic. In order to develop SCD, a person needs to inherit a specific gene from both of their parents. Together, these genes affect the development of hemoglobin, the ...

In many countries, doctors screen infants for sickle cell disease as part of standard newborn screening programs. Doctors take a blood sample from the infant’s heel and analyze it for atypical ...

Sickle Cell Disease Blood Driving, with free sickle cell testing and health screenings, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Greater Little Rock Baptist Church, 901 N. A St.

September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...

The dearth of treatments created a kind of feedback loop. Sickle cell looked like a disease in which no progress could be made; because of that, new researchers were discouraged from entering the ...

People with sickle cell disease are living longer than they used to, and she says aging with the disease is “its own sort of challenge.” But she is using that knowledge to everyone’s advantage.

The Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act (H.R. 3884/S.1852): This bipartisan bill seeks to reauthorize the HRSA Sickle Cell ...