Do you or anyone you know suffer from sickle cell disease? If you or someone you know has this disease, you’re not alone. The Social Security Administration (SSA) wants to ...

Sickle cell disease is a severe, inherited blood disorder that primarily affects people of African, Mediterranean, Middle ...

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

Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells ...

Doctors harvest stem cells from the patient’s bone marrow and then send them off to a lab, where CRISPR is used to turn up the production of another, functional version of haemoglobin. This version is ...

Researchers have discovered and analyzed a rare but serious side effect of an innovative form of blood cancer therapy. The ...

A SYSTEMATIC review by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) has found no evidence to support sickle cell trait (SCT) as a cause of acute pain crises or sudden exertion-related death. This finding ...

The Philadelphia Citizen is recognizing CHOP doctors Alexis Thompson and Dr. Stephan Grupp with the 'Disruptors of the Year' ...

Type-1 interferons regulate immune responses and the production of self-reactive antibodies that target red blood cells in a SCD mouse model.

Every day, hospitals throughout the U.S. transfuse blood or blood components, such as platelets, to save the lives of people who are in car crashes, and victims of fires and other emergencies.

"Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts is marking 12 years since she returned to the anchor desk after receiving a ...