Guest writer Whitney Smith is a sickle cell warrior and advocate because some medical professionals don't know what the ...

Columnist Mary Shaniqua is disappointed to learn that her port-a-cath, which she got to facilitate blood exchange ...

A study links vitamin D deficiency to more sickle cell complications in children, including pain crises, hospitalizations, ...

As she approaches her 40th birthday, columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye ponders whether life with sickle cell disease is a blessing or a curse.

To mark World Sickle Cell Day, Marja Hurley, a University of Connecticut (UConn) physician-researcher, has been awarded nearly $3 million in research funding to investigate bone loss in people with ...

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit The three-year collaboration will leverage Orna’s proprietary lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery ...

A camp in North Carolina offers children living with sickle cell disease the chance to build confidence, independence, and emotional strength while connecting with others who also live with a chronic ...

Roche has announced the launch of a new test that can screen newborns for sickle cell disease (SCD) and two other serious genetic disorders at the same time. The test, known as the LightMix Newborn ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) may be cured in some individuals by a stem cell transplant. There also are several approved therapies to help manage the condition and its related complications. Some of the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug status to Kind Pharmaceuticals’ investigational oral small molecule AND017 to treat sickle cell disease (SCD). This designation is granted ...

Supplementing with vitamin D for six months safely improved bone health and functional capacity in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD), a study finds. More studies are required to ...

A sickle cell disease (SCD) patient in Bahrain received the gene-editing therapy Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel), becoming the first patient outside the U.S. to be treated with the drug. Bahrain ...