Contrary to misconceptions among medical professionals and patients alike, individuals born with sickle cell trait (SCT) show no risk of experiencing the acute pain crises known to occur with sickle ...

Funmi Dasaolu receives funding from The National Institute for Health and Care Research. Stephen Hibbs receives funding from the Wellcome Trust. In December 2023, 34-year-old Dave Onawelo told staff ...

Exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel), a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited cell therapy, eliminated vaso-occlusive crises in 97% of participants with severe sickle cell disease. The therapy led to substantial ...

Pain is part of sickle cell disease crises, but columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye says it shouldn't keep you from pursuing goals.

Most patients living with sickle cell disease who went to the emergency department of a U.S. hospital with a severe pain crisis were not triaged properly and faced long delays. Those triaged with a ...

A systematic literature review found no evidence to support that physical exertion without rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown) or heat injury can cause sudden death for individuals with sickle cell ...

RICHMOND, Va. — September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Sickle cell affects 100,000 people in the United States, primarily impacting African Americans. To learn more about the genetic blood ...

Sickle cell disease is inherited at birth when you receive related genes from both parents. One gene usually causes sickle cell trait (SCT), which often has no health problems. The main sickle cell ...