New gene therapies could transform sickle cell treatment forever. A future without pain crises or hospitalizations may finally be within reach.

There is no evidence to support physical exertion without rhabdomyolysis or heat injury causing sudden death in individ ...

Columnist Mary Shaniqua explains how to be an ally to the sickle cell community, and why that kind of support is essential ...

A systematic literature review found no evidence to support that physical exertion without rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown) or heat injury can cause sudden death for individuals with sickle cell ...

Our fundamental challenge is not simply to create the data. Rather, it is to collect and analyze it systematically. Doing so ...

Those sickle-shaped blood cells are less flexible and more "sticky" than normal blood cells, so people with SCD very easily experience symptoms like blood clots, anemia, swelling of the hands and ...

(HealthDay News) — Adults with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and healthy controls with greater economic deprivation have older brain age, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in JAMA Network Open.

Sickle cell is a genetic blood disorder which turns healthy round blood cells a crescent moon – or sickle – shape. Symptoms include severe episodes of pain (known as a crisis), severe ...

A "groundbreaking" £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use on the NHS, offering patients with severe sickle cell disease some hope of a cure. It is believed around 1,700 people could be ...

A sickle cell disease “cure” is to be offered to NHS patients for the first time. The £1.65 million gene therapy called exa-cel, also known under the brand name Casgevy, uses a Nobel Prize ...

Hoosiers from across the state were at the State House for Sickle Cell Advocacy Day to shine a light on the financial burdens and medical coverage needs of those living with sickle cell disease.

Following the results of this study, ASH revised its position statement on SCT, which states that listing "sickle cell crisis" or "sickle cell trait" as a cause of death on an autopsy report for ...