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 thalassemia occurs when you inherit both a sickle cell gene mutation and a thalassemia gene mutation. Symptoms are similar to other types of sickle cell disease but can vary depending on ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. — September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Sickle cell affects 100,000 people in the United States, primarily impacting African Americans. To learn more about the genetic blood ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Sickle Cell Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Kalpna Gupta was in a ...

June 19 is marked as World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, granting the opportunity to reflect on the current state of treatment, access, equity, and more that impacts patients living with sickle cell ...

September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...

Health officials are trying to find ways to ensure equitable access to the breakthrough, high-cost gene therapies for sickle cell disease. The disease, which can cause bouts of debilitating pain, ...

There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver. By Rebecca Robbins and ...