Wilson may not know what's causing his mystery symptom, but the sickle cell community makes him feel validated.

In her columns debut, Michelle Harlan writes about growing up with sickle beta-zero thalassemia and the transition to adult ...

Young people with sickle cell disease on Medicaid have high risks associated with dental infections, but less than half ...

Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye, a doctor and advocate with sickle cell, stresses that patients must also hold themselves ...

An intervention to improve hydroxyurea adherence may improve quality of life in teens with SCD, according to an analysis of ...

Correctsequence's experimental gene-editing therapy CS-101 has been used to treat a person with SCD for the first time.

People with severe SCD report meaningful improvements in quality of life after treatment with the gene-editing therapy ...

Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder that affects red blood cells. People with the disease produce a faulty version of hemoglobin — the protein that carries oxygen throughout the body.

What is a blood transfusion? A blood transfusion is a medical procedure through which healthy blood cells or blood components are transferred from a healthy donor to someone in need. It may be used to ...

Sickle cell anemia is caused by a mutation in the HBB gene which provides the instructions to make part of hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. Researchers are working on ...

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder. It is caused by a mutation in the gene encoding for hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that binds to oxygen so it can be transported ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder caused by a mutation in the gene encoding a subunit of hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells. Mutant hemoglobin — called ...