Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder that causes red blood cells to take the shape of a sickle or a letter “C.” Levels of hemoglobin, a protein that helps carry oxygen on red blood cells, ...

Some types of sickle cell disease cause severe illness, while others have a mild or unapparent course. Sickle cell disease is present from birth and inherited from genes you receive from your parents.

Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that contain mostly hemoglobin S, an abnormal type of hemoglobin.

The shape of sickle cell blood cells resembles a curved blade knife called a sickle. These cells are stiff and inflexible, so they cannot move through small blood vessels as easily as healthy red ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic condition that affects the shape and function of your red blood cells (RBCs). RBCs transport oxygen to your body’s organs and tissues using a protein called ...

In the United States, there are roughly 100,000 sickle cell warriors. When disaggregated by race, 1 in 365 African Americans are sickle cell warriors. 1 in 16,300 Latinx are sickle cell warriors. 1 in ...

Although sickle cell disease (SCD) is not as widespread in the Philippines compared to other populations, it is still worth knowing what this disease is all about, especially as we observe World ...

“To provide menstruating patients with sickle cell disease the best care, primary care physicians, gynecologists, and ...

In a study to be published in the January 2006 issue of Nature Biotechnology, researchers led by a team of scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have devised a novel strategy that uses ...

Sickle cell disease is an inherited condition in which the body is unable to produce normal hemoglobin. Red blood cells with abnormal hemoglobin can change shape in the presence of low oxygen levels ...