Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...
Sickle cell anemia is a rare blood disorder passed down in families. Doctors can test for the trait that causes it before, during, or soon after birth. Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited blood ...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) can affect people of any ethnicity but is much more common among Africans and African Americans. Other ethnic groups with higher rates of SCD include Hispanic Americans from ...
Stable production of anti-sickling adult hemoglobin (HBA T87Q) and elimination or significant reduction of vaso-occlusive events sustained through last follow-up for all evaluable patients (n=38), ...
A parasite that causes malaria is halted by sickle cells and makes people who carry the sickle cell trait more resistant to the disease. This is why sickle cell trait also occurs more in people who ...
(ORLANDO, Dec. 6, 2025) Patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation for sickle cell disease saw high rates of survival without disease symptoms and low rates of severe side effects or ...