I was recently at the American Red Cross to donate blood and was given interesting material on the need for Black blood ...

When traveling to a cold climate, columnist Mary Shaniqua makes sure to pack, eat, and drink carefully to avoid a sickle cell ...

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

While any blood donor is welcome and prized, more Black donors are particularly needed, especially for recipients with sickle ...

I was recently at the American Red Cross to donate blood and was given interesting material on the need for Black blood ...

A National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission was launched in July 2023 to eliminate the disease by 2047 by aiming to ...

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

Bluebird Bio and Xcellbio have entered into an agreement to support the commercialization of sickle cell gene therapy ...

Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects hemoglobin, causing red blood cells to become rigid and ...

The pilot project is being taken up in three districts of East and West Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan districts where ...

Sickle cell conditions are genetic blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. While both sickle cell trait and sickle ...