In early human societies, most children with sickle cell anemia likely died by age 5. Yet the protection afforded by a single copy of the sickle cell mutation against malaria kept fueling its spread.

Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder caused by a single mutation in both copies of a gene coding for beta-globin. Beta-globin forms half of the oxygen-carrying molecule hemoglobin.

Sickle Cell Disease is an awful genetic disease that disproportionally affects black people. It's caused by a single-point mutation in DNA, which results in a modified hemoglobin protein, differing by ...

Dr. Vernon Rayford, an internal medicine specialist and pediatrician from Tupelo, Miss., says St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is actively examining a cure for sickle cell anemia.

About Fulcrum Therapeutics Fulcrum Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small mlecules to improve the lives of patients with genetically defined rare ...

In sickle cell disease, red blood cells become crescent or “sickle-shaped” due to a gene mutation. These sickled red blood cells don’t move easily and can block blood flow to the rest of the ...

“But the current results look very promising.” Sickle cell disease is a group of rare disorders that impact about 100,000 people in the United States, most of whom are Black, according to the FDA.

Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder caused by a single mutation in both copies of a gene coding for beta-globin. Beta-globin forms half of the oxygen-carrying molecule hemoglobin.

June 19 is World Sickle Cell Day. At 18 months, I was diagnosed with the most severe type of sickle cell anemia: HbSS. It’s a mutation that occurs when a child inherits two genes of hemoglobin S ...

Often, that life is cut short; on average, those without sickle cell anemia live 20 years longer than those with the disease. Two new gene therapies hope to change that—and so far, one in ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Sickle cell anemia is a blood disease that affects millions of people around the world and Florida has one of the highest concentrations of sickle cell patients in the country.