A new newborn screening test can screen babies for sickle cell disease, SMA, and SCID at the same time, helping support earlier follow-up.

A new, interactive application touted as the first of its kind can help people with sickle cell disease (SCD) learn about and communicate with their care team about their pain attacks. People with ...

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 ...

A sickle cell crisis isn’t a polite guest, and it often arrives unannounced. Over the years, I’ve learned that my crises either come on suddenly or build gradually, with subtle clues or a red alert.

On Dec. 8, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two cell-based gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD), a groundbreaking decision that now offers patients more than one ...

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 ...

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google Children with sickle cell anemia, the most common and severe form ...

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit Print Preferred Source on Google The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced ...

Advocacy groups across the U.S. are hosting events throughout September to mark Sickle Cell Awareness Month. The month has been recognized since the 1980s as a time to raise awareness about sickle ...

If you’re like me and have a good medical team, over time, you’ve likely grown attached to them. When you’re fortunate enough to have a competent and consistent team that genuinely cares about your ...

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 ...

Among children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and cerebral macrovasculopathy (CV), or disease affecting the brain’s large and medium-sized blood vessels, age at CV diagnosis, the severity of blood ...