History does not only hinge on major events. Sometimes it is a 15-minute conversation or a chance encounter between two people. An inconspicuous train journey at the beginning of the 1940s is where ...

A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as ...

Sickle cell disease is caused by a single genetic mutation that alters the shape of red blood cells. While the condition ...

NHS Scotland has approved a one-time CRISPR gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease, offering durable reduction in vaso-occlusive crises for eligible patients.

Memantine, a long-approved and cost-effective drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, could also benefit patients with sickle cell anemia in the future. Initial clinical data from an international ...

Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model ...

The year ahead feels like a long stretch of unwrapped gifts. Some days are bright boxes with bows; others are wrinkled wrapping paper hiding something unexpected. For me, living with sickle cell ...

NEW YORK – Boston Children's Hospital has granted a worldwide license for an investigational gene therapy for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia to Caring Cross, the nonprofit announced this ...

Dr. Anju Goel, MD, MPH, is a public health consultant and physician with more than 10 years of experience in the California public health system. Heavy periods that cause blood loss can lead to iron ...