Sep. 12, 2024 — Researchers have found that being a carrier for sickle cell disease, known as having sickle cell trait, increases the risk of blood clots, a risk that is the same among diverse ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.

The UAB Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center brings together scholars and researchers working in the forefront of basic, translational and clinical research, with the overarching goals to discover new ...

Why is knowing the atomic structure of molecules useful? Learn why, and how information like this about protein structure is shared through a publicly available database.

Considering taking supplements to treat sickle cell disease? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of sickle cell disease. Follow the links to read common ...

How do mutations happen, and how do they influence the future of a species? Molecules of sickle-cell hemoglobin stick to one another, forming rigid rods. These rods cause a person's red blood ...

Pfizer’s startling announcement late Wednesday that it would pull its pill for sickle-cell disease off pharmacy shelves is a blow to the drugmaker’s efforts to buy its way through an impending ...

A couple of months ago, I sat with the founder of the Disability and Sickle Cell Organisation of Nigeria, Mr Tayo Faloye, for an interview that has since been published online. Tayo himself is a ...

Behind the scenes, however, he has been quietly battling sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that leads 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 ...

Founded in 1983, the UAB Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center brings together scholars and researchers working in the forefront of basic, translational and clinical research, with the overarching goals to ...