Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the presence of sickle-shaped red blood cells, which can block blood flow, cause chronic pain, and lead to a host of physical ...

Bhopal: Governor Mangubhai Patel inaugurated the genetic analysis laboratory and DNA sequencer machine at BMHRC's sickle cell anaemia competence centre. He also launched a seminar titled "Genetic ...

MANILA, Philippines — Petro Gazz Most Valuable Players Brooke Van Sickle and MJ Phillips will always have each other’s backs — on and off the court. Behind Petro Gazz’s historic run to its ...

MANILA, Philippines — With a short turnaround from their maiden PVL All-Filipino Conference, Brooke Van Sickle stressed that Petro Gazz Angels have flipped the switch and fully shifted their ...

The report revealed the urgent need for improvements in ambulance services for people living with sickle cell disease in London (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) People with an inherited blood disorder have ...

Findings of a research project – commissioned by London Ambulance Service (LAS) NHS Trust and carried out by the Sickle Cell Society – into sickle cell patients’ experiences of ambulance ...

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MONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- An oral chemotherapy drug can safely and effectively manage sickle cell disease in children, a new study says. Children taking hydroxyurea had fewer ER ...

Dr. Gwendolyn Poles-Corker, died April 8 at the age of 71 from complications of sickle cell disease. Her funeral is set for Wednesday at Hooper Memorial Home. She spent her childhood in and out of ...

Vertex Pharma's £1.65 million ($2.05 million) gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD), Casgevy, has been given the green light for use by the NHS in England under a managed access ...