Accumulation of clots causes some of the most severe symptoms of sickle cell disease, including strokes, kidney failure, ...

Fulcrum Therapeutics' promising treatment for Sickle Cell Disease and their strong financial position, despite setbacks.

(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.

RTCB is required for the splicing of both tRNA and XBP1 mRNA, whereas the DDX1 enzymatic activity is specifically required for tRNA splicing in vivo. Snaebjornsson et al. explore a selective ...

Sickle cell anaemia occurs when red blood cells change shape under low oxygen conditions, transforming into a sickle shape that can block blood flow. This blockage can result in pain in the ...

“Like someone is jamming a knife in me,” he said. But for a brief moment on a recent December morning, Wedam, 19, who has sickle cell disease, allowed himself to believe what his doctors had ...

Sickle cell disease is a constant, annoying “companion” in my life. My list of grievances about the illness is never-ending, but one of the things I find most daunting is the disease’s unpredictable ...

Reference: “Brain Age Modeling and Cognitive Outcomes in Young Adults With and Without Sickle Cell Anemia” by Andria L. Ford, Slim Fellah, Yan Wang, Kira Unger-Levinson, Maria Hagan, Martin N. Reis, ...

Texas Children’s Global HOPE and Baylor College of Medicine Global Health, collaborating with the independent charity Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, have announced a pioneering program to combat ...

African Americans are also at risk for a certain type of anemia called sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease that causes sickle-shaped blood cells that can’t carry oxygen ...