Fear, anxiety, stress, and burnout can all happen to parents of children with sickle cell disease, writes columnist.

Disc Medicine is planning to launch a trial by year's end to test DISC-3405, its treatment candidate for iron overload, in ...

A Phase 1b clinical trial testing pociredir in adults with sickle cell disease has completed enrollment of its high-dose ...

Invisible Disabilities Week may have passed by unnoticed, but many of us live it every day, writes columnist Mary Shaniqua.

Testing for PlGF levels can predict the risk of early-onset preeclampsia during pregnancy in people with sickle cell disease, ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) may be cured in some individuals by a stem cell transplant. There also are several approved therapies to help manage the condition and its related complications. Some of the ...

Columnist Mary Shaniqua offers up ideas for managing sickle cell disease to get the most out of busy end-of-year events.

Sickle cell anemia patients carry a mutation in the gene that provides instructions to build the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. This mutation leads to the formation of sickle-shaped red ...

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 ...

Wilson writes that withdrawing has been for him a way to feel safe, but frustrated his ability to connect to others.

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 ...