Sickle cell anemia causes sickle-shaped cells to block blood flow to the lungs, leading to acute chest syndrome. Common treatment methods involve oxygen supplementation and pain management. Sickle ...

At age 45, Dr. Lakiea Bailey said, for the longest time, that she was the oldest person with sickle cell anemia that she knew. The executive director of the nonprofit patient advocacy group the Sickle ...

Adding erythropoietin to hydroxyurea treatment could significantly improve quality of life for patients with sickle cell ...

Motixafortide alone and in combination with natalizumab (VLA-4 inhibitor) led to robust hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) ...

CLEVELAND — Sickle cell disease causes oxygen-carrying red blood cells to become sickle — or crescent — shaped, which slows or blocks blood flow. It leads to excruciating pain and devastating damage ...

Pfizer looking into data suggesting a potential link to sickle-cell complications and 'fatal events' Pfizer Inc. said late Wednesday it was withdrawing a sickle-cell drug from markets worldwide and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11)—Twenty-one-year-old ...

Beam Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAM) saw its shares rise 1.7% in premarket trading Monday after releasing updated results ...

Daniel Cressy hopes to use a breakthrough treatment to cure his sickle cell disease, which will make him the first person in the state of Louisiana to do so. Should his wish come true, he might be ...

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disorder of red blood cells. Some parents may learn that their infant has this disorder after prenatal testing. Hospitals also test for SCA after birth as part ...

From Left- Yunigen President and Scientific Officer Wyclifee Omwancha, and Dr. Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign & Diaspora Affairs for the Republic of Kenya ...