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Staying Safe and Healthy This Winter As we move through February, cold weather remains a significant concern for our sickle cell community. Cold temperatures cause…

For Kwincy Lassiter, son of former NFL player Kwamie Lassiter and his wife Ericka, sickle cell disease once meant a life of limitations, pain crises, and frequent…

A new breakthrough study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities could explain why patients with the same genetic sickle cell mutation…

FLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) — Two Pee Dee siblings are officially cured of sickle cell disease after more than a decade of living with the genetic blood disorder.Ashanti…

We’re joined by Baba Inusa (right), a pediatric hematologist and Professor at King’s College London (UK), to discuss research, progress, and the regenerative…

This story is republished from STAT, the health and medicine news site that’s a partner to the Globe. Sign up for STAT’s free Morning Rounds newsletter here.Vertex…

Sickle cell disease (SCD) remains a formidable hematological public health challenge, particularly among tribal populations in central and southern India. Launch of…

NEWS ANALYSIS | JOHN MUSENZE | As Uganda rolls out mandatory nationwide screening of newborns for sickle cell disease this month, a gene therapy celebrated in the…

Sickle cell trait (SCT), long believed to be a benign carrier condition, is now being recognized for its association with various health complications. Despite its…