When good specialists from a healthcare team move on, it can disrupt a patient's world, writes columnist Mary Shaniqua. But ...

A vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), a hallmark of sickle cell disease (SCD), is an episode of intense pain related to blood vessel blockage and a lack of oxygen supply. In SCD, genetic mutations lead to ...

VAS-101, a curcumin-based gel for SCD, was well tolerated and showed signs of easing sickle cell pain, fatigue, and red blood ...

Children with sickle cell anemia who undergo stem cell transplant tend to have better long-term cognition than those on ...

The Boozer brothers have joined with NMDP to encourage young adults to register as blood stem cell donors and support ...

I wasn’t supposed to be writing my next column yet. In fact, I specifically requested that this piece be published on June 19, World Sickle Cell Day. For me, the day is more than an awareness campaign ...

Agios Pharmaceuticals’ medication mitapivat rapidly increased levels of the oxygen-carrying protein hemoglobin in patients ages 16 and older with sickle cell disease (SCD), while also being linked to ...

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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing an application ...

As the sickle cell pain crisis crashed through my body, I started gathering everything I needed before eventually becoming bedbound: water, medication, a heating pad, food. In doing so, I realized I’d ...

Share this page with email Share this page on Facebook Share this page on X Share this page on Reddit The trial, now enrolling patients ages 12-35, is testing the therapy candidate at the First ...

My brother asked me that question many years ago in our family WhatsApp group after I started openly discussing my sickle cell disease (SCD) online. At the time, I understood his concern. Many ...