If successful, the access model for sickle cell disease gene therapies could serve as a blueprint for other such treatments ...

During most eye infections or injuries, neutrophils, immune cells found in the blood, are usually the first line of defense.

Activation of the ‘complement system’ helps trigger dangerous sickle-cell-disease outcome Research in mice suggests this system plays a key role in acute chest syndrome and offers a potential ...

So far in 2025, the Trump administration has cut more than $1 billion in NIH grants. That includes a study on sickle cell disease, a blood disorder that affects roughly 100,000 people in the U.S ...

A researcher at Duke University, speaks out after her NIH grant for sickle cell research was terminated. The $750,000 funding cut, justified by NIH as a move against diversity, equity, and ...

Families of those who have sickle cell disease in the Philadelphia area are pushing for more research and a cure.

Ogbuku noted that sickle cell disease affects thousands of individuals and families in the Niger Delta, with many lacking access to early diagnosis, counseling, and treatment.

Riley Children’s Health employs a multidisciplinary team to care for children with sickle cell disease, involving not only physicians but also psychologists, social workers, and chaplains.

Building positive and non-discriminatory relationships with friends and colleagues who have sickle cell disease (SCD) requires empathy, understanding, and deliberate efforts to foster inclusivity ...

Since he was very young, Khaled Alsheebani has known the painful, exhausting suffering of sickle cell disease. Despite doctors telling him and his family that he would simply have to learn to live ...

The team responsible for updating the CDC’s “contraception bible,” which advises doctors on birth control safety, was disbanded.