Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...

You’re adjusting to life with your sweet newborn, and you receive scary news: Your baby has sickle cell disease, a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. All newborns in the United States are ...

Sickle cell anemia is the most severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD). Child sickle cell anemia occurs when a child has a lower level of healthy red blood cells than expected. The condition is ...

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, which aims to bring attention to advancing research, care practices, treatments and possible cures for people with sickle cell disease. Most recently ...

Since it’s discovery in 1910, sickle cell disease has been considered a death sentence for those that inherited it. But over the years, dedicated pediatric programs and research initiatives have ...

Dr. Ya Haddy Sallah (Medicine): A 29-year-old man with sickle cell disease was admitted to this hospital because of pain in the right hip. The patient had received a diagnosis of sickle cell disease ...

Diana J. Wilkie receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She collaborates with many scientists and clinicians focused on sickle cell disease. She was a member of the Lancet Haematology ...