Around 2,500 people are living with sickle cell disease in the Bay State, and they are advocating for a bill that would improve quality of life for all those dealing with the disease.

The most severe form of sickle cell disease, sickle cell anemia causes red blood cells to be sickle- or crescent-shaped, rather than a disc. That distortion causes the cells to get stuck in the ...

Nanoparticulate drug delivery systems are one of the most widely investigated approaches for developing novel therapies for a variety of diseases. However, rapid clearance and poor targeting limit ...

Improving blood flow in the brain with gene therapy A small but significant percentage of patients with sickle cell disease are at an increased risk of stroke due to the condition's impact on blood ...

A CT Scan allegedly of a 73-year-old woman showing a ‘30-year-old calcified fetus’ recently went viral on social media, leaving netizens debating whether the scan was ‘real or fake’.

(E) CT scan of a child with hemoglobin sickle cell disease who had a shunt placed in infancy.

Therapy Insight: Stroke Risk and Its Management in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Fenella J. Kirkham Disclosures Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2007;3 (5):264-278. 0 ...

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) remains a silent scourge—a genetic disorder passed down with the heavy hand of biology but sustained through societal neglect. In Nigeria, the burden is not only ...

By Chioma Obinna On this year’s World Sickle Cell Day, healthcare professionals have called for multidisciplinary care, friendly policies, and massive awareness to reduce the challenges faced by ...

Patients and Methods: We conducted a retrospective, descriptive, and analytical study of patients treated at the Outpatient Care Unit for Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease (USAD) of ...

If you have the sickle cell trait, there is a 50% chance that you’ll pass it on to your children. When two people with the trait have children, there’s also a 25% chance that their children will have ...