Angel Salami is leading education about sickle cell, a condition she suffers from, in a book that's reaching classrooms and changing the stigma around the disease.

The team used human stem cells to create embryo-like structures dubbed “hematoids” that mirror some features of early human ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that ...

A recent study published in Blood Advanced has reaffirmed the long-term safety effectiveness of hydroxyurea. This is an oral chemotherapy drug, which is used to manage sickle disease (SCD) in children ...

Inadequate diaper changing can lead to a host of significant health problems, including severe skin and urinary tract ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge say they have produced human blood cells in the laboratory by using embryo-like ...

MSK is the first hospital in New York City to offer gene therapy through its pediatric cancer program MSK Kids. Exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) (Casgevy®) is a gene therapy for treating sickle cell ...

Children with the inherited blood disorder sickle cell disease may face a higher risk of oral health problems; however, many don’t receive necessary care, according to researchers from the University ...