Differences in red blood cell stiffness may help to explain variations in the severity of sickle cell disease (SCD), according to a study.

The FDA has awarded breakthrough device designation to Hemex Health’s rapid diagnostic test for sickle cell disease and beta ...

Pain is part of sickle cell disease crises, but columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye says it shouldn't keep you from pursuing goals.

Screening children for certain clotting proteins may help clinicians in resource-poor settings identify serious complications ...

Being a doctor with sickle cell disease helps columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye relate to patients, but it also presents ...

Using hormonal contraceptives does not increase the risk of painful episodes in women with sickle cell, and is generally safe ...

Chronic pain in young people with sickle cell disease means greater disability, more burden, and lower quality of life, a U.S ...

A new, interactive application touted as the first of its kind can help people with sickle cell disease (SCD) learn about and communicate with their care team about their pain attacks. People with ...

One of the most widely discussed symptoms of sickle cell anemia is a sickle cell crisis. This is an episode of pain caused when sickle-shaped red blood cells block the body’s blood vessels and prevent ...

Top-line data from the Phase 3 part of RISE UP, a clinical trial testing mitapivat in people with sickle cell disease (SCD), are expected by the end of the year, according to developer Agios ...

On Dec. 8, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two cell-based gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD), a groundbreaking decision that now offers patients more than one ...

A European Medicines Agency committee has issued a positive opinion on the gene-editing therapy Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) in treating sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta ...