Those with only one of the two alleles of the sickle-cell disease, while not totally resistant, are more tolerant to the infection and thus show less severe symptoms when infected. The prevalence ...

Sebastien Beauzile became the first person in NY to be made symptom-free after undergoing a new type of gene therapy.

Scientists have discovered more than a dozen genes that regulate the production of fetal hemoglobin in people of African ...

For the first time, two U.S. teenagers with sickle cell disease will be able to go swimming on their spring break, thanks to SCD treatments.

The launching of the Sentara-Eastern Virginia Medical School Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program in October gave adults somewhere to go for specialized treatment other than Richmond.

Sickle cell anemia, first described in 1910, primarily affects people of African, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern descent.

Avianah Drakeford was born with sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder that negatively affects how blood moves around the ...

Are you a sickle cell warrior or do you know someone with sickle cell disease? At Social Security, we’re committed to ...

At Fred Hutch Cancer Center, we care for adults with sickle cell disease. Along with our local patients, we see many people from farther away, like Alaska. They get most of their care near home, but ...