Sickle cell anemia (HbSS) is the homozygous dominant variant and the most common and severe form of the disease. Whereas patients who only inherited one gene encoding for abnormal HbS and a different ...

The Focus on Sickle Cell Foundation (FoSCel) has called for greater awareness and proactive care for people living with sickle cell disease during its Sickle Cell Fun Fair at Achimota Mall on Saturday ...

Recent therapies like hydroxyurea (Droxia, Bristol-Myers Squibb), the first FDA-approved drug for SCD in 1994, increase fetal hemoglobin (HbF), which, through unknown pathways, improves SCD symptoms ...

The Saddle Up for Sickle Cell Foundation is holding its annual Ride with a Purpose event on Friday and Saturday, April 18-19.There'll be musical entertainment and a DJ on both nights. All day Saturday ...

BEAUFORT, Ga. (WTOC) - Dream Chasers Sickle Cell Foundation mission has been to provide community support and financial assistance with Sickle Cell Anemia Emergency services. You can help support ...

Andrea Matthews poses with her son Jonathan Matthews. She started the foundation because her son lives with sickle cell disease. Michelle Parr's sickle cell disease went undiagnosed for 25 years. Her ...

The National Director of the Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN), Dr. Annette Akinsete, has said despite advancements in the treatment of sickle cell disease, not every patient requires a bone ...

SUFFOLK, Va. — People living with sickle cell disease say the severe pain is unpredictable, exhausting, and too often dismissed. And for many in Hampton Roads, the Suffolk Sickle Cell Foundation has ...

In a significant boost to local healthcare delivery, Underground Mining Alliance (UMA) has officially presented three (3) ...

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A Fort Wayne nonprofit will host a blood drive Saturday with the hopes of highlighting Sickle Cell Awareness Month as September comes to a close. The Timothy Lymon Sickle ...

GEORGIA (WRBL) — Citizens of Georgia can sign up for the 45th annual Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia’s 5K road race and walk coming this fall. The race is scheduled to be held on Saturday, Sept. 6 ...