According to a story from apnews.com, sickle cell disease gets very little research or funding despite that fact that about 100,000 people in the U.S. are affected by it. The…
According to a story from Sickle Cell Anemia News, the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital just received $1 million in grant funding from The Links Foundation, which is one of…
Patients with sickle cell disease often face stigma about their need for pain medication because care providers are suspicious of drug abuse, reports The Dallas Post Tribune. Although this is…
Now these are the kind of stories we love to read about! Canadian Revée Agyepong is the first adult in Canada to be cured of sickle cell anemia through stem cell…
A new drug called Altemia is being developed to treat sickle cell diseases in children, reports BioPortfolio. It has recently been awarded Orphan Drug designation in both the United States…
According to a story from bioportfolio.com, The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has given $5.74 million to the City of Hope, a private, nonprofit clinical research center that is primarily…
Lydia, a 16-year-old student at Ng'iya Girls High, was sent home permanently due to her rare disorder, reports Daily Nation. Lydia suffers from a disease called Cord Ischemia, and the…
Patients suffering from sickle cell disease, SCD, might just be getting news they've been waiting to hear for a long time. Just this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
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