Amos Andoh, has stressed the importance of advocacy and public education in the fight against sickle cell disease, calling on ...
Daniel Cressy, 23, says path leading to completion of curative gene therapy is his ‘greatest blessing’ ...
HBB-β S: An A greater than T point mutation results in the substitution of glutamate for valine in the sixth amino acid position (or seventh, if the… Development of SCD depends on whether the ...
For people living with genetic disorders such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia, stigma can be as damaging as the ...
September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...
Daniel Cressy became the first person in Louisiana — and the Gulf South — to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease ...
How CRISPR Therapy Cured this Black Man's Sickle Cell ...
A simple premarital blood test can identify sickle cell carriers, helping couples make informed reproductive decisions and ...
People are often encouraged to “know their status,” however this healthy habit can be applied to more than just safe-sex practices. Although they are not the only community who suffers with sickle ...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited group of monogenic disorders characterized by a mutation in the beta-globin gene (HBB) that encodes hemoglobin (Hb) S, either in the homozygous state (sickle ...
Sickle cell disease refers to a group of genetic diseases that impact a protein that ferries oxygen through the blood. That protein is called hemoglobin, and in sickle cell disease, aberrant ...
India carries a significant share of the global burden of sickle cell anaemia with millions of people either affected by SCD ...