Why Sickle Cell Disease Increases the Risk of Blood Clots In SCD, red blood cells become rigid and shaped like sickles or crescents. These cells do not flow freely and can get stuck in small blood ...

The Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology divisions at the Medical University of South Carolina ...

Sickle cell disease doesn’t discriminate, but it does disproportionately affect those with the least access to healthcare ...

Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Pain crises are a primary feature of sickle cell disease, triggering pain when crescent-shaped blood cells block the flow of oxygen to ...

Poster Presentation: Pharmacokinetics (PK), Pharmacodynamics (PD), and Safety of the Novel Oral Fetal Hemoglobin (HBF) Induer Pociredir in Healthy Adults in a Phase 1 study (PF1170 – Friday, June 13) ...

Pneumococcal meningitis was associated with a case-fatality rate of almost 30% in children with sickle cell disease, a study ...

Researchers in India have created the ICMR-SCD Stigma Scale (ISSSI) to assess stigma in sickle cell disease patients and ...

The Trump administration has gutted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Blood Disorders, a move that has thrown the future of Michigan’s sickle cell disease registry into ...

Bengaluru: A high-risk pregnancy involving a woman with sickle cell anaemia was successfully managed at Vasavi Hospitals, ...

A new study reveals that over one in four Indian children under 12 carry inherited blood disorders. The findings highlight ...

Sickle Cell Disease is a chronic ... heightened due to the nature of the disease. In SCD, red blood cells become rigid and shaped like sickles or crescents. These cells do not flow freely and ...