After catching the attention of a nurse, he gathered enough strength to scribble three words on paper: "sickle cell stroke.” ...

Increased funding and new public health policies for sickle cell research are needed to ease the burden on low-income nations ...

For people with SCD, hemoglobin S (a mutated protein that transports oxygen) causes red blood cells to become curved ...

Sickle cell trait (SCT) differs vastly from sickle cell disease. SCT is a genetic condition when someone inherits one sickle ...

An inherited blood disorder, sickle cell disease can be managed with several treatment options to reduce painful episodes and ...

Kendric Cromer, 12, is among the first patients to be treated with gene therapy just approved by the F.D.A. that many other ...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month to help more people understand Sickle Cell Disorders, how they affect blood cells, ...

It’s been almost a year since the Food and Drug Administration approved the first genetic treatments for sickle cell disease.

Sickle cell carriers are at a slightly increased risk of blood clots, but the overall risk is still low, a study found.

Staff at the Tomorrow Fund Clinic in Hasbro Children's Hospital wore matching t-shirts to try and raise awareness for sickle ...

The American Red Cross urges African American and Latino blood donors to donate to help meet the transfusion needs of those ...

September marks Awareness Month, and this year, the INOVA Schar Adult Center hosted a pivotal town meeting to unite advocates ...