ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WJRT) - A Saginaw family is celebrating the new year at Mott Children's Hospital as their son, 10-year-old Elijah Dottery, continues his fight against sickle cell anemia. He was ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - At just 10 years old, Elijah Dottery has already faced more challenges than most people will in a lifetime. The Saginaw native has battled sickle cell anemia since birth, ...

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A Cherokee County man living with Sickle Cell Disease is now the first known person with the condition to get a medical pilot’s license. Channel 2’s Fred Blankenship spoke with ...

Doctors say new gene-based treatments could offer long-term relief — and possible cures — for people living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease has long shortened lives in the United States, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Sickle cell disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and roughly 100,000 here in the United ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with sickle cell disease experiencing chronic anemia reported improved quality of life after adding ...

Preliminary results from two trials of the gene therapy exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) suggest the therapy offers an effective cure for beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease in children younger ...

Chicago’s South Side residents now have access to a new sickle-cell treatment clinic at Roseland Community Hospital. On Monday, Roseland held a ribbon-cutting ceremony introducing Dr. Mahoud Mahafzah ...

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Today, New Jersey’s Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee unanimously approved legislation to add sickle cell anemia as a qualifying condition for the state’s medical marijuana ...

When Amy Cohen, 29, finished the New York City Marathon, she broke ground as the first person with the illness to run the 26.2 mile race Mass General Brigham Amy Cohen became the first-ever person ...