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On World Sickle Cell Day, experts are highlighting that the fight against sickle cell disease depends on more than treatment alone- it requires early diagnosis,…

Gene therapy has given sickle cell disease what medicine has long promised but rarely delivered: the possibility of a cure. Yet the slow uptake of Casgevy and…

Indian President Droupadi Murmu, on the occasion of World Sickle Cell Day 2026, today expressed confidence that the country can eradicate sickle cell disease well…

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), commonly known as sickle cell anemia, is one of the most common inherited blood disorders in India. It occurs when an individual inherits…

Audrey Boone Tillman is Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Aflac Incorporated, where she directs the Fortune 500 company’s Legal division…

Bengaluru: For nearly a decade, a girl with sickle cell disease was taken to hospitals only during painful emergencies while her family avoided regular treatment…

New gene therapies offer potential cures for sickle cell disease, but multimillion-dollar costs raise major questions about access and equity.Sickle cell disease…

Agios Pharmaceuticals’ medication mitapivat rapidly increased levels of the oxygen-carrying protein hemoglobin in patients ages 16 and older with sickle cell…

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic blood disorder that causes red blood cells to form in a crescent moon shape. These sickled blood cells can stick together and…

Audrey Smith, 78, was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at a young age. She has received care at Johns Hopkins for more than 20 years. "I'm grateful for the…