The cells' sickle shape and associated fragility result in rapid RBC destruction by a patient's own body. This leads to leads to anemia, as well as congestion and fibrosis of the spleen at an ...

Jan. 17, 2025 — A new study has found older-looking brains in adults with sickle cell disease, helping to explain the cognitive challenges experienced by such individuals. A brain image from a ...

Notably, sickle cell anemia was the first genetic disease to ... Vernon Ingram reported the exact difference between sickle cell and wild type hemoglobin. His experiments showed that not all ...

Columnist Mary Shaniqua, who undergoes monthly transfusions because of sickle cell, thanks the blood donors who make it ...

Many individuals with sickle cell anemia undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) with oocyte cryopreservation (OC) have complications, according to a study scheduled for presentation ...

Stem cell transplant in young adults and adolescents with severe sickle cell disease may be a feasible option, according to a ...

Each type has different genetic variations and ... It is a group of disorders that include sickle cell anemia (HbSS), ...

Adults with sickle cell anemia are also at risk for stroke. Children at risk of stroke can be monitored with a type of imaging study called transcranial Doppler ultrasound. If abnormalities are ...

Sickle Cell disease is an autosomal recessive disorder that causes anemia, joint pain ... that nearly all were homozygous for the wild type of sickle cell allele. The few sickle cell carriers ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.

Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia, present with a wide variety of neurological syndromes, including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attacks ...

Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and a comorbid condition of asthma have increased numbers of vaso-occlusive pain and acute chest syndrome episodes, and all-cause mortality. When assessed ...