Sickle cell disease is a global public health issue. Individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) have two genes that cause the production of sickle hemoglobin, and these patients can have severe pain ...

Contrary to misconceptions among medical professionals and patients alike, individuals born with sickle cell trait (SCT) show no risk of experiencing the acute pain crises known to occur with sickle ...

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

After attending the first annual Global Sickle Cell Disease Congress in Accra, Ghana, in 2010, Obiageli Nnodu returned home to Nigeria with a deep resolve to combat the disease in her own country.

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 ...