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Billy Garrett Jr. Is Asking You To Give Blood
When Garrett was 12, he was at a basketball camp when a sickle cell crisis that caused splenic sequestration, which is when ...
Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder that causes lifelong suffering—here's what you need to know
Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen ...
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Creating the World’s First CRISPR Medicine, for Sickle Cell Disease
In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...
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Sickle Cell Trait Widely Misinterpreted As Cause of Death
A new review and policy statement underscore the inaccuracy of sickle cell trait as a cause of death on autopsies.
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Just Like You: Young girl, mother write children’s book to help others understand Sickle Cell Anemia
Simmie White is taking control of her own story. The six-year-old girl and her mother want others to understand more about ...
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New York Blood Center researchers make breakthrough on sickle cell disease
Researchers at the New York Blood Center have made a breakthrough in understanding the body’s autoimmune response to sickle ...
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Sickle Cell Disease: Key Facts and Lifelong Impact
Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy travelling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different ...
Patented transdermal drug candidate from Vascarta may offer a convenient & cost-effective way to treat sickle cell disease
An article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus journal* by Goel et al. describes studies in ...
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Beyond Drugs: Blood-Based Therapies in Sickle Cell Disease and Beyond
Given the remarkable advances seen with gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD ... One has been the move beyond simple transfusion to red blood cell exchanges (RBCX). If a patient receives ...
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Weekend blood drive supports people with sickle cell disease
The Sickle Cell Blood Drive with the American Red Cross runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, ...
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Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder that causes lifelong suffering – here’s what you need to know
Transplanted blood stem cells maintain healthy haemoglobin production for life. In the absence of transplantation, sickle cell disease patients receive regular transfusions, which deliver healthy red ...