Children with sickle cell anemia are vulnerable to serious infections and stroke, but many do not receive the preventative care that could help them stay healthier for longer, a Children's Hospital ...

A daily 20-milligram dose of zinc reduced infections by nearly 40% among Ugandan children younger than 5 with sickle cell ...

A substantial proportion of families of privately insured children with sickle cell anemia pay more than $100 for essential stroke screenings, a high-value service. Objectives: National guidelines ...

Exa-cel, a new CRISPR-based treatment, modifies the genes of the patient's stem cells to induce them to produce fetal hemoglobin. I have a long-standing interest in sickle cell anemia, a genetic ...

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At age 45, Dr. Lakiea Bailey said, she was the oldest person with sickle cell anemia that she knew. The executive director of the nonprofit patient advocacy group the Sickle Cell Consortium was ...

Patients with sickle cell disease are often hesitant to undergo transformative gene therapy—the current lengthy process ...

Within 12 hours of landing in Florida in January, 2021, Sebastien Beauzile, then 17, was admitted to two separate hospitals. He had come to Florida to surprise his sister for her birthday. But instead ...

Sickle cell disease affects thousands of schoolchildren in Georgia, but teachers, administrators and nurses lack the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 21-year old Sebastien Beauzile becomes the first person in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia (Screenshot: Northwell ...