Pregnant women with sickle cell disease are at higher risk of complications and require close monitoring, a nationwide French ...

Esther Nkemakolam runs her fingers through kinetic sand and sings a “Moana” song as UPMC Children’s Hospital nurse Taylor ...

Today Garrett is a shooting guard for ZTE Zalakeramia in Hungary. Ahead, he and The Healthy by Reader’s Digest discuss how ...

Hundreds of patients in Quebec live with sickle cell anemia, a common hereditary blood disease that can be fatal.

Given the remarkable advances seen with gene therapies for sickle cell disease ... shortly after the disease’s molecular mechanisms were first understood, blood transfusion therapy became ...

While thalassemia is caused by a defect in the beta-globin gene, controlling the production of the beta-globin chains of haemoglobin, sickle cell disease ... to establish blood transfusion ...

In children with sickle cell disease, regular blood transfusion (every 3-6 weeks) should be undertaken to maintain HbS at <25% and hemoglobin at 10-12.5 g/dl (B). After 3 years, a less-intensive ...

The growing occurrence of genetic disorders like sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, and muscular dystrophy is fueling the demand for gene therapy and genome editing solutions, as these approaches ...

Baby CJ's Balloon Spot held their grand opening with the goal of raising awareness of sickle cell anemia in honor of ...