Sickle cell patients and their families are speaking out, saying their pain is being treated with a one-size-fits-all approach that fails to recognize how diffe ...

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 ...

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 ...

PLANTATION, Fla. -- A grieving Broward County mother is working to garner support for sickle cell survivors who have grappled with an overlooked side of the disease. A Journal of the American Medical ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Sickle cell disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and roughly 100,000 here in the United ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Ensuring no one fights alone. The Carilion Clinic Sickle Cell Collaborative is holding a walk to honor sickle cell patients and their caregivers on Saturday. Sickle cell disease is a ...

About a dozen people who have sickle cell disease or relatives with the debilitating blood disorder implored the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to approve a revolutionary gene editing ...

Doctors say new gene-based treatments could offer long-term relief — and possible cures — for people living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease has long shortened lives in the United States, ...

People with sickle cell disease are thrilled there are now approved gene therapies for the inherited blood disorder, but the cost has them wondering if they'll ever get treatment. There's new hope for ...

The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital is one of only nine centers nationwide authorized to use the newly approved CRISPR-based treatment for sickle cell disease in patients 12 ...