CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A Cherokee County man living with Sickle Cell Disease is now the first known person with the condition to get a medical pilot’s license. Channel 2’s Fred Blankenship spoke with ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Sickle cell disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and roughly 100,000 here in the United ...
Doctors say new gene-based treatments could offer long-term relief — and possible cures — for people living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease has long shortened lives in the United States, ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Sickle cell disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and roughly 100,000 here in the United ...
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Recurrent pain episodes are the leading reason for emergency department (ED) visits among patients with sickle cell disease, but adherence to established acute pain management ...
Chicago’s South Side residents now have access to a new sickle-cell treatment clinic at Roseland Community Hospital. On Monday, Roseland held a ribbon-cutting ceremony introducing Dr. Mahoud Mahafzah ...
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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine A new chapter is unfolding for patients with sickle cell ...
In its mission to grow the reach of its pyruvate kinase (PK) activator Pyrukynd (mitapivat), Agios Pharmaceuticals has come up short of producing an unequivocal win in the key indication of sickle ...
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Northwestern University identified a previously unknown treatment opportunity for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia. The discovery, ...