Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) is set to begin offering red blood cell exchange (RBCx) ...

Connecticut is now participating in a new federal program aimed at expanding treatment access for patients with sickle cell ...

In this interview with , Professor Bosede Afolabi, the Director of the Centre for Clinical Trials, Research, and ...

If successful, the access model for sickle cell disease gene therapies could serve as a blueprint for other such treatments ...

Daniel Cressy yawned, tired after three days of watching a machine pull blood out of his body, extract his stem cells and ...

The algorithm helps providers better determine which kids should be admitted and who should go home for treatment with close hospital follow-up ...

Two Florida lawmakers have secured nearly 4 million dollars to improve treatment for people with sickle cell disease.

Bailey Jackson, 8, was named as the Purple Eagle ceremony honoree for this year's FedEx St. Jude's Championship at TPC Southwind.

Challenges persist despite promising advance In January 2025, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved the use of the gene editing therapy exagamglogene autotemcel ...

Sickle cell anemia is one of a group of inherited disorders known as sickle cell disease. It affects the shape of red blood cells, which carry oxygen to all parts of the body. Red blood cells are ...

The sickle cell crises were always different. Sometimes Lynndrick Holmes would wake up with a searing pain in his legs, as though there were knives growing out of his bones. Sometimes it was in ...

This can cause strokes, organ damage and frequent bouts of excruciating pain. Sickle cell disease affects an estimated 100,000 people in the U.S. and the vast majority of them are Black.