Sickle cell disease causes episodes of severe pain with potentially life-threatening crises. Sickle cell disease can lead to problems like jaundice and growth issues in children. There is no cure for ...

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This article is authored by Dr Namrata Singh, consultant pathologist, Dept of Haematology and HLA, Metropolis Healthcare Limited.

Medical advances have significantly improved the diagnosis and treatment of genetic blood disorders such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia. Yet for many patients and families, especially in ...

Sickle cell disease is the scourge of a person’s red blood cells. The inherited blood disorder, which disproportionately affects people in sub-Saharan Africa and India, can cause unbearable pain ...

Copyright: © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. 40 studies contributed 71 prevalence datapoints from 22 countries across all four subregions of sub ...

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The Founder of the Focus on Sickle-Cell Foundation (FosCel), Mr Amos Andoh, has called for the integration of sickle cell education into Ghana’s Junior High School (JHS) and Senior High School (SHS) ...

Genetic disorders are diseases caused by an abnormality in a gene, often described as a mutation. When such diseases are inherited (rather than resulting from a random mutation), they are passed along ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common monogenic disorder, including a group of autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathies characterized by hemoglobin polymerization and sickling of red blood cells ...

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