VAS-101, a curcumin-based gel for SCD, was well tolerated and showed signs of easing sickle cell pain, fatigue, and red blood ...

Children with sickle cell anemia who undergo stem cell transplant tend to have better long-term cognition than those on ...

The Boozer brothers have joined with NMDP to encourage young adults to register as blood stem cell donors and support ...

The causes of sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited blood disorder, are related to hemoglobin, a protein that helps red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body. People with sickle cell have ...

A comparison of sickle cell disease care in the U.S. and Nigeria by columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye revealed a need for more ...

Mitapivat raised hemoglobin and was linked to lower transfusion burden in a Phase 3 sickle cell disease trial, Agios reported ...

Note: This story was updated Dec. 12, 2023, to clarify that Lyfgenia treats vaso-occlusive events, including painful vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...

A new, interactive application touted as the first of its kind can help people with sickle cell disease (SCD) learn about and communicate with their care team about their pain attacks. People with ...

A European Medicines Agency committee has issued a positive opinion on the gene-editing therapy Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) in treating sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta ...

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A sickle cell crisis isn’t a polite guest, and it often arrives unannounced. Over the years, I’ve learned that my crises either come on suddenly or build gradually, with subtle clues or a red alert.