Older people with diabetes who do not keep blood sugar levels low are three times more likely to develop eye disease compared ...

The most severe form of sickle cell disease, sickle cell anemia causes red blood cells to be sickle- or crescent-shaped, rather than a disc. That distortion causes the cells to get stuck in the ...

Bayer’s BAYRY wholly owned subsidiary, BlueRock Therapeutics, announced that the first patient in the phase I/IIa CLARICO study has received OpCT-001, an investigational iPSC-derived cell therapy, ...

The gene-editing platform known as Crispr is widely used by researchers in scientific laboratories in their search for new ...

Gabriella Ngang, of Farmington Hills, is one of three in Michigan to take part in a clinical trial of a new sickle cell ...

Objectives To provide lay information about genetics and sickle cell disease (SCD) and to identify and address ethical issues concerning the Sickle Cell Disease Genomics of Africa Network covering ...

A doctor says she’s scrambling to figure out how she’ll continue her work helping sickle cell disease patients after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) cancelled her $750,000 research grant, ...

When Graham Serjeant arrived in Jamaica in 1966, it was accepted wisdom that few of those affected by sickle cell disease (SCD) survived beyond childhood. Yet he encountered adult patients living with ...

From jaundice to swelling in hands, know the early signs of sickle cell disease. The doctor also shared when to seek medical intervention.

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is one of India’s persistent public health concerns. It is a genetic blood disorder that alters the shape and function of red blood cells. These cells become sickle ...