Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the production of an abnormal haemoglobin, known as haemoglobin S. Sickle cell disease changes the shape of blood cells into a crescent ...

As is the case for institutions treating the disease, a majority of the sickle cell patients at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital are African American. The hospital recognized the need ...

O ften when we feel shortness of breath after light physical activity, we dismiss it as fatigue or tiredness. But it can indicate serious health conditions. In an interview with H ...

After Major Traumatic Brain Injury, More Blood Transfusions Could Mean Better ... Hydroxyurea Significantly Reduces Infections in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia Jan. 29, 2024 — Researchers ...

(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.

A new gene editing treatment has been approved for use in the NHS, which will help treat sickle cell disease patients ...

Accurate pain reporting in sickle cell disease is critical to effective pain assessment and management, but accuracy depends on patient comprehension of forms.

was the first drug to reach the market that prevented sickle haemoglobin (HbS) polymerisation, the molecular basis of sickling and destruction of red blood cells in SCD. The product has been ...

Pfizer's reported interest in acquiring sickle cell disease specialist Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) has been confirmed, with the $68.50-per-share deal valuing GBT at $5.4 billion. As we ...

Exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) gene therapy offers a potential cure for severe sickle cell disease, now available on NHS.

Jan. 31, 2025 — Prolonged illnesses like cancer and chronic infections often leave the immune system in a state of exhaustion, where its frontline defenders -- T cells -- lose their ability to ...