"It feels like glass running through your veins." Faith Adjei-Sarpong lives with sickle cell disease and, like many others ...

Students at Erie High School partnered with the American Red Cross to raise awareness about sickle cell disease. With the help of the American Red Cross, the Erie High Red Cross Club organized and ...

Sickle cell disease is often thought of solely as a blood disorder, but new research from the Wood Neuro Research Group ...

Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited blood disorders that affect hemoglobin, the major protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells. It's a disease tha ...

Sickle Cell disease can be a very scary issue to deal with however, with proper monitoring and care, many people are able to live their life to its full capacity with minor complications. According to ...

Noncancerous blood disorders are conditions that affect blood cells, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Blood disorders may cause symptoms and complications, but most are ...

Sickle cell thalassemia occurs when you inherit both a sickle cell gene mutation and a thalassemia gene mutation. Symptoms are similar to other types of sickle cell disease but can vary depending on ...

CRISPR gene therapy Casgevy can nearly eliminate sickle cell crises, but difficult stem‑cell collection is delaying access ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local groups are raising awareness about sickle cell disease and encouraging people to roll up their sleeves and donate blood. Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder ...

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