The Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology divisions at MUSC have joined forces to create and test an ...

There are more types of sickle cell crisis than a vaso-occlusive crisis, writes columnist Mary Shaniqua, who summarizes ...

For the first time in his life, a young New Jersey man is pain-free thanks to a new gene treatment working to cure patients ...

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

This means the person is a carrier of the sickle cell mutation but does not typically experience severe symptoms ... their children will definitely have the disease. Life expectancy: Generally ...

For 21-year-old Javarian Weatherspoon, life without pain feels like a miracle. After growing up with sickle cell disease, he ...

Hydroxyurea remains effective over the long term among children with sickle cell disease, real-world data suggested. The average time on hydroxyurea was 5 years, with many children on the therapy ...

A three-year study by Metropolis Healthcare reveals that 28.4 per cent of nearly 20,000 children screened for ...