In a new study, researchers found that the inflammation behind painful episodes in sickle cell disease are correlated with ...

Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects hemoglobin, causing red blood cells to become rigid and ...

The blood drive will be held Friday, April 4 from 1 to 6 p.m. in the gymnasium at Brockton High School, located at 470 Forest ...

Sickle cell conditions are genetic blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells responsible for ...

Blood loss is the leading cause of death in trauma patients between the ages of 1 and 46 years, largely because they cannot access safe blood sources quickly enough. A possible solution? Freeze-dried ...

In someone who has SCD, the hemoglobin is abnormal, which causes the red blood cells to become hard and sticky and look like a C-shaped farm tool called a sickle. The sickle cells die early ...

causing it to clump and distort red blood cells into a sickle shape. Preserving fetal hemoglobin after birth at levels above 8% through gene editing is one critical, viable approach to saving more ...

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 ...