“It can hit you out of nowhere,” she tells TODAY.com.

CRISPR gene therapy Casgevy can nearly eliminate sickle cell crises, but difficult stem‑cell collection is delaying access ...

Sickle cell disease is a lifelong condition that can cause severe pain episodes and frequent emergency department visits.

If you or someone you know has sickle cell disease (SCD), you may have heard of Lyfgenia, one of two gene therapies approved for this condition. Gene therapies are the only treatments for SCD that can ...

Three University High students have started the Caring Cells Project to raise awareness and provide care packages for ...

Recent therapies like hydroxyurea (Droxia, Bristol-Myers Squibb), the first FDA-approved drug for SCD in 1994, increase fetal hemoglobin (HbF), which, through unknown pathways, improves SCD symptoms ...

"The shutting down of units like this, adding to people's waiting time, adding to people's journey time, are the types of things that could definitely leave someone with sickle cell in a lot of pain, ...

Today, Kwincy Lassiter is a 25-year-old student enjoying a second chance at life. However, the first 16 years of his sickle cell journey looked much different.

J. Snow and Marlon Wayans Q&A for doc on sickle cell "You Look Fine" ...

Dr. Omar H. Llaguna, specialist in surgical oncology, looks at a medium that mimics a liver tumor in a human body to demonstrate how a histotripsy procedure works, performed by a HistoSonics medical ...

Music helps break down barriers. Once students connect emotionally, they are more open to understanding what sickle ...