Opportunities in the Sickle Cell Disease market include advancing gene-editing therapies like EDIT-301, expanding VOC-reducing treatments such as inclacumab, and exploring novel drug candidates like ...

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 ...

Sickle cell anemia is a rare blood disorder passed down in families. Doctors can test for the trait that causes it before, during, or soon after birth. Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited blood ...

U.S. colleges and universities for the first time are requiring top student athletes to submit to testing for the gene for sickle cell anemia, a mandate aimed at preventing sudden deaths of promising ...

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited disorder of red blood cells. Some parents may learn that their infant has this disorder after prenatal testing. Hospitals also test for SCA after birth as part ...

As the world observed the World Sickle Cell Day, SCD survivor Tawo Obassi-Onor, who lost her brother to the disease, has urged the Federal Government to urgently mandate genotype counselling and ...

Joy Watitwa's ill health started when only four months old. She has fought sickle cell disease for 37 years now, and although in pain for most of her life, Watitwa has tried not to let the disease ...

The Focus on Sickle Cell Foundation (FoSCel) has called on Ghanaians to make genotype testing a priority before entering ...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about the genetic blood disorder that remains under-treated. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low placental growth factor had a significant association with early-onset preeclampsia for women with sickle ...