In April 2025, Kamau Therapeutics announced a study is a first-in-human, single-arm, open-label Phase I/II study of nula-cel ...

Fred Hutch and MSK researchers showed that tumors driven by hiccups in RNA processing can't hid from the immune system. In ...

Variations in inflammation may contribute to vaso-occlusive events (VOEs) during the menstrual cycles of women with SCD, per ...

The classic view of sickle cell disease pathophysiology involves polymerization of mutated hemoglobin (HbS) leading to red blood cell (RBC) sickling with subsequent hemolytic anemia, painful ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I was recently at the American Red Cross to donate blood and was given interesting material on the need for Black blood donors for sickle cell anemia patients. The booklet ...

A marker linked to inflammation, C-reactive protein, may increase significantly during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle in female patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to ...

Researchers have developed a modelling system of tiny blood vessels to track inflammation-driven blood clot formation that can cause complications in sickle ... oxygen in these cells. This can lead to ...

Sickle cell disease experts are worried that recent staffing changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will impact a program that collects data about the genetic disease and how it ...

Hydroxyurea Significantly Reduces Infections in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia Jan ... 2022 — The destruction of red blood cells, or mechanical hemolysis, is an inevitable complication ...

The CDC’s Division of Blood Disorders ran the Sickle Cell Data Collection program, which assessed the long-term trends of treatment and access to health care for people living with sickle cell ...

More information: Jessica Wu et al, C-reactive protein and the menstrual cycle in females with sickle cell disease, Blood Vessels, Thrombosis & Hemostasis (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.bvth.2025.100067 ...