Serenity Cole enjoyed Christmas last month relaxing with her family near her St. Louis home, making crafts and visiting ...
Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model ...
Hoosiers from across the state will gather at the Indiana State Capitol on Monday, Feb. 2, to call attention to the urgent ...
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How sickle cell changed human evolution

Sickle cell disease is caused by a single genetic mutation that alters the shape of red blood cells. While the condition causes severe pain and health complications, carriers gain resistance to ...
NHS Scotland has approved a one-time CRISPR gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease, offering durable reduction in vaso-occlusive crises for eligible patients.
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KISUMU, Kenya, Jan 26 -- Victoria Hospital in Kisumu, an annex of the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH), has become the first public hospital in Kenya to acquire a ...
Learn about the global clinical trial for sickle cell disease aimed at improving quality of life and addressing anemia.
The government is using sickle cell treatments to test a new strategy: paying only if the therapies benefit patients.
Judith Akinyi dreams of giving birth to a girl. But that dream fades each time she watches her older children battle a pain she knows too well.
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that targeting a specific immune process could help improve recovery after nerve injury and reduce chronic pain. The ...