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 ...
Sickle cell disease is a severe, inherited blood disorder that primarily affects people of African, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Indian descent.Despite its widespread impact, SCD research has ...
Aplastic anemia is a bone marrow failure process that presents with pancytopenia and bone marrow hypoplasia/aplasia.It ...
Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells ...
Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells ...
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 ...
Columnist Mary Shaniqua shares some practical examples of how to support, comfort, and encourage a loved one with sickle cell.