Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye addresses some of the myths about blood transfusion and explains why it's important in managing ...

Sickle cell disease occurs when a child inherits two sickle cell genes—one from each parent. Lillian knew she carried the ...

Digital cognitive behavioral therapy was as effective as pain education at easing sickle cell pain, a study reported.

In many countries, doctors screen infants for sickle cell disease ... Hemoglobin electrophoresis is the most common and definitive test for sickle cell disease. It involves separating the ...

it is crucial to test a partner for sickle cell trait as well as other possible be­ta-globin changes. With awareness, education, and proper screening, carriers of the sickle cell trait can still ...

A patient with sickle cell disorder says she is optimistic for the future after a new genetic test was launched. Stephanie George, 32, from London, was one of the first patients to receive a ...

Indore: A recent screening conducted under the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission revealed that 65 tribal hostlers and villagers exhibit symptoms suggestive of sickle cell anaemia.

A medicine built around a more precise form of CRISPR gene editing appeared to work as designed in its first clinical trial test ... from people with sickle cell disease, an inherited blood ...