Sickle cell anemia may qualify as a disability for people experiencing severe symptoms, allowing access to benefits. However, eligibility depends on how the condition affects daily life. Sickle cell ...

Sickle cell anemia causes sickle-shaped cells to block blood flow to the lungs, leading to acute chest syndrome. Common treatment methods involve oxygen supplementation and pain management. Sickle ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most serious form of sickle cell disease (SCD). It occurs when a person inherits an irregular hemoglobin gene from each parent. Certain groups of people are more at risk of ...

Stem cell transplantation is the most cost-effective option for long-term care of sickle cell disease in adults when compared with gene therapy and standard of care treatment, according to new ...

A Silver Spring woman says for the first time in years, she’s feeling hopeful thanks to a groundbreaking therapy that’s ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Sickle Cell Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Twenty-five years ago ...

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide by Dec. 8 on a new therapy to treat sickle cell disease using gene editing technology called CRISPR, which stands for clustered regularly ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's been more than a month since the FDA approved two milestone gene-editing treatments for sickle cell disease, but lining up patients for these therapies will be a challenge ...

Two experts joined "In Focus" to explain gene editing therapy for sickle cell disease. Cassandra Dobson and Dr. Thomas Moulton explained how CRISPR gene editing works and shared the cost of the ...

Professor Taiwo Kotila is a hematologist with a special interest in inherited, genetic blood disorders, particularly thalassemia, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. In this interview with ...

When Amy Cohen, 29, finished the New York City Marathon, she broke ground as the first person with the illness to run the 26.2 mile race Mass General Brigham Amy Cohen became the first-ever person ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD). Treatments for sickle cell anemia include medications, blood transfusions, and bone marrow transplants. SCD is a group of ...